The Fairytale and Plot Structure

by Terence Patrick Murphy

This book offers a detailed exploration of the plot genotype, the functional structure behind the plots of classical fairy tales. By understanding how plot genotypes are used, the reader or creative writer will obtain a much better understanding of many other types of fiction, including short stories, dramatic texts and Hollywood screenplays.

Genres: Writing, Research, Nonfiction

223 pages, Hardcover

First published August 12, 2015

Reviews

[Katherine Sas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Murphy amends and expands on Propp's structural analysis of fairy-tales in an interesting way, but particularly useful is his lucid introduction to and history of structural analysis from Aristotle to the present.