Diablesse de femme
Ethnographic and semiotic studies have one thing in common: they both share an interest in researching the origin of meaning and how meaning works in human behaviour or in human narration. The aim of this research is to show this connection through the semiotic and ethnographic analysis of metamo...
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Ethnographic and semiotic studies have one thing in common: they both share an interest in researching the origin of meaning and how meaning works in human behaviour or in human narration. The aim of this research is to show this connection through the semiotic and ethnographic analysis of metamorphosis. Namely, a collection of 60 haitian folktales, characterised by a metamorphosis in the narrative program, is analysed using Greimas’s veridictory square; then, the results are compared to the ethnographic studies about metamorphosis and to the practice of storytelling in Haitian culture. This comparison will prove that metamorphosis has similar qualities and similar meanings, such as the equality between the identity of men, animals and spirits, in both fields of study.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c95c32bba93b44fc8275a0ef47c561892023-10-30T08:23:14ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariIl Tolomeo2499-59752017-12-0119110.14277/2499-5975/Tol-19-17-07journal_article_1137Diablesse de femmeBrunetto, Veronica0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia Ethnographic and semiotic studies have one thing in common: they both share an interest in researching the origin of meaning and how meaning works in human behaviour or in human narration. The aim of this research is to show this connection through the semiotic and ethnographic analysis of metamorphosis. Namely, a collection of 60 haitian folktales, characterised by a metamorphosis in the narrative program, is analysed using Greimas’s veridictory square; then, the results are compared to the ethnographic studies about metamorphosis and to the practice of storytelling in Haitian culture. This comparison will prove that metamorphosis has similar qualities and similar meanings, such as the equality between the identity of men, animals and spirits, in both fields of study. http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-19-17-07Folktales. Francophone literatures. Metamorphosis meaning. Veridictory square |
| spellingShingle | Brunetto, Veronica Diablesse de femme Il Tolomeo Folktales. Francophone literatures. Metamorphosis meaning. Veridictory square |
| title | Diablesse de femme |
| title_full | Diablesse de femme |
| title_fullStr | Diablesse de femme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diablesse de femme |
| title_short | Diablesse de femme |
| title_sort | diablesse de femme |
| topic | Folktales. Francophone literatures. Metamorphosis meaning. Veridictory square |
| url | http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-19-17-07 |
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