List of Tables

ix

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

Chapter 1: Introduction

1

1.1. Folk Tales

2

Chapter 2: Narrative and Its Structures

5

2.1. Narrative, Events, and Plots

5

2.2. Events and Story Logic

9

2.3. Structural Analysis of Folk Tales

11

2.4. Different Approaches to an Analysis
of Narrative Structures

14

2.5. Pivotal Issues and Some Justifications

20

Chapter 3: Methodology

23

3.1. Identifying Functional Events

24

3.2. Identifying Different Structural Patterns

27

3.3. Analysis of the Linkage in a Storyline

29

Chapter 4: Analysis of Tales

33

4.1. Functional Events in Burmese Folk Tales

33

4.2. Classification of Functional Events
into Different Models

37

4.3. The Degree of Linearity

84

4.4. Deviation From a Familiar Trajectory

92