Narrative Structures in Burmese Folk Tales
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Narrative Structures in Burmese Folk Tales By Soe Marlar Lwin

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Chapter 5: Events, Moves, and the Storyline

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5.1. Functional Events as the Fundamental Units

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5.2. Extension or Embedding of Moves

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5.3. Evaluating the Storyline of a Tale
as a Whole

105

Chapter 6: Form, Function, and Field

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6.1. Form, Function, and Field of a Tale

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6.2. Contrastive Narrative Structure

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6.3. Contrastive Narrative Structure
and Didactic Moral

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6.4. Interdiction/Violation Model
and Making/Breaking of Friendship

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6.5. A Means to an End

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Chapter 7: Conclusion and Recommendations

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7.1. Structural Analysis of Burmese Folk Tales

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7.2. Recommendations

127

Appendices

A. Titles of the Tales in the Collection

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B. Female Fairy Tale

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C. Summaries of Tales 22, 24, 25, 26, and 27

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Notes

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References

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Index

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