TEXTOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCE-STUDY FOUNDATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF ANIMALISTIC IMAGES AND MOTIFS
Keywords:
animalistic image, animalistic motif, textual criticism, literary source studies, zoopoetics, motif analysis, folklore, mythology, comparative literature, literary transformation.Abstract
This article examines animalistic images and motifs through textual criticism and literary source studies. It explores their semantic, poetic, cultural, and textual dimensions, including relationships with folklore, mythology, and earlier literature. An integrated analytical model is proposed, combining textual identification, motif classification, contextual analysis, source investigation, and poetic transformation.
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