Marlene Mifsud Chircop will be delivering a talk on It-12-il Ħrafa tas-Seħer Maltin ta’ Stumme skont Propp u l-Funzjonijiet tal-Ħrafa at the University’s Faculty of Arts Library, Tal-Qroqq, today.

Hans Stumme (1864-1936) collected 37 Maltese folk tales, 12 of which deal with magic. Fr Manwel Magri, SJ (1851-1907) and Bertha Ilg (1881-1965) also collected Maltese folk tales.

Mifsud Chircop will discuss folktales in classical literature according to American Stith Thompson (1885-1976), the influence of Russian Vladimir Propp (1895-1970), who followed in Danish Axel Olrik’s footsteps, and others who studied folk narrative.

The talk, being held at 6pm, is part of the Oral Tradition series, now in its third year. Hosted by the Department of Maltese at the University, entrance to the talk is free.

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