Towards a model of narrative sequence in a group of wonder tales
PHASE INSIDE/OUTSIDE RELATION CALL RESPONSE TYPICAL ACTIONS OF SUBJECT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I. PRE-CONDITION
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"Be true to one who +
promising, remembering
is a true helper from afar"
Unity/trust between nature and self
Unity/trust between family and self
II. FIRST DISJUNCTION +
"be attentive to what - ---}
+
Working, cleaning, sorting
is at hand"
looking down or into,
broken trust/unity dissolved
eavesdropping, descending,
critical parent, dread secret
lowering
discovery of secret world
III. FIRST RESOLUTION alignment or
"receive gifts or favors"
+
Taking or receiving gifts,
symmetry
weeping, magically speaking,
praising, ascending, reaching up
Sender: visible/physical/"out
there"
animal or animal part
sibling, parent or godparent
Recipient: visible/physical self
Object: something edible or useful,
sometimes pretty, to be used or admired by subject.
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IV. SECOND DISJUNCTION +
"pass tests, be brave" +
discriminating, choosing
obeying specific instructions,
home 1/home 2
imitating roles, avoiding recognition
question of personal qualifications
V. SECOND RESOLUTION alignment or
"reveal your worth" - ---}+
showing, presenting, un-
symmetry
veiling, making luminous,
transparent, clean, pure
Sender: the hidden or secret self
Recipient: the public or the authority
figure
or the beloved
Object-message: an object of value, beauty
luminosity, to be admired by
others as a symbol
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VI. THIRD DISJUNCTION
+ "integrate
roles and self" +
remembering, keeping pledge,
waiting, dreaming, nurturing or
Too much to say/not enough symbols
caring for others, speaking
Too many roles/not enough harmony
from behind or within something
VII. THIRD RESOLUTION/POST CONDITION - giving evidence of bliss
Reconciliation of inside/outside