Livre - Proverbs in Israeli folk narratives

TABLE OF CONTENTS, p. 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, p. 9 INTRODUCTION: PROBLEMS AND DEFINITIONS, p. 11 CHAPTER I: PROVERBS IN FOLK NARRATIVES, p. 12 I. BRIEF SURVEY OF RESEARCH, p. 12 2. THE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL AND THE FIELD WORK, p. 13 3. CONTEXT AND POETIC STRATEGY IN PROVERBS, p. 15 4. PROPOSAL FOR MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE PROVERB, p. 15 CHAPTER II: THE MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE PROVERB, p. 18 1. METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE, p. 18 2. THE SEMANTIC GROUPS IN 160 PROVERB TALES IN IFA, p. 21 3. ANALYSIS OF A SEMANTIC GROUP, p. 23 3.1 The Semantic Group “Do not trust X”, p. 23 3.1.1 “Do not trust the Gentile even forty years in the grave”, p. 24 3.1.1.1 The Text, p. 24 3.1.1.1.1 The Synchronic Aspect of the Text, p. 24 3.1.1.1.2 The Diachronic Aspect of the Text, p. 26 3.1.1.2 The Use, p. 27 3.1.1.2.1 The Synchronic Aspect of the Use, p. 27 3.1.1.2.2 The Diachronic Aspect of the Use, p. 29 3.1.1.3 Structure, p. 31 3.1.1.4 The Function, p. 34 3.1.2 Generalizing Proverbs of the Semantic Group “Do not trust X”, p. 34 3.1.2.1 The Text, p. 35 3.1.2.2 The Use, p. 35 3.1.2.3 The Structure, p. 36 3.1.2.4 The Function, p. 39 3.2 The Semantic Group “Do trust X”, p. 42 3.2.1 The Text, p. 42 3.2.2 The Use, p. 43 3.2.3 The Structure, p. 46 3.2.4 The Function, p. 49 3.3 The Relationship between Proverbs and Tales in the Semantic Group “Do trust X – Do not trust X”, p. 49 4. THE IDEOLOGICAL DIALECTICS OF PROVERBS IN THEIR RELATION TO BEHAVIORAL AND NARRATIVE CONTEXTS, p. 50 CHAPTER III THE PROVERB-TALE TRADITION, p. 54 1. THE PROVERB FROM QUOTATION TO PROVERB, p. 54 1.1 Biblical Verse, p. 57 1.1.1 Diachronic Analysis: Texts and contexts, p. 58 1.1.2 Synchronic Analysis: Structure and Function, p. 63 1.2. Rabbinical Passage, p. 64 1.2.1 Diachronic Analysis: Texts and Contexts, p. 65 1.2.2 Synchronic Analysis: Structure and Function, p. 67 2. THE TALE: THE FUNCTION OF PROVERBS IN THE STRUCTURING OF FOLK NARRATIVES, p. 69 2.1 Ecotypification and the Change of Genre: or, What did the hunchback tell the demons?, p. 69 2.2. Conglomeration: Proverb as a Key for Complexity of Plot: or, What did the clever woman do the her husband?, p. 77 2.2.1 The Proverb as a Connective between Two Types of a Conglomerate, p. 93 SUMMARY, p. 96 NOTES, p. 99 BIBLIOGRAPHY, p. 103