Studying narrative structure of one thousand and one night tales based on Labov’s diamond- shaped model

Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 11

Abstract

Studying the narratives is systematic study of narratives that has entered in structuralize study of narratives since 1960. Theorists in these years analyzed the structure of the narratives and modeled the grammar or linguistics and selected a scope to study them and gained conclusions like them, William Labove, analyzed the critical oral anecdotes and found that hexahedron structure that is known as diamond-shaped structure. Stories in one thousand and one night tales caused it to have an atmosphere as oral story telling. So, we tried to adjust the structure of one of one thousand and one night tales to Labov’s diamond- shaped model. This adjustment shows that one thousand and one night tales have followed this model. In the other hand, importance of advice has been mentioned as the theme and main point of this book.

Authors and Affiliations

Adeleh Rezadoost| Persian Language and literature Student, Astara Branch, Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran, a.rezadoust@yahoo.com, Bahram Khooshnoodi Charvadeh| Assistant Professor, A member of academic board, Department of Persian Language and literature , Astara Branch , Islamic Azad University, Astara, Iran.

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Adeleh Rezadoost, Bahram Khooshnoodi Charvadeh (2013). Studying narrative structure of one thousand and one night tales based on Labov’s diamond- shaped model. International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences, 4(11), 3324-3327. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-5754