Help! I need somebody (not just anybody) - the folktale's helper in personal experience narratives of recovering alcoholics

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008. Folklore Includes bibliographical references (leaves109-112) This thesis explores the personal experience narratives of nine recovering alcoholics through the lens of folktale scholarship. Using Propp's structuralist model developed for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baker, Jedediah, 1980-
Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Recovering alcoholics > Vermont
Tales > Structural analysis
Newfoundland studies
University of Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/57142
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Summary:Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2008. Folklore Includes bibliographical references (leaves109-112) This thesis explores the personal experience narratives of nine recovering alcoholics through the lens of folktale scholarship. Using Propp's structuralist model developed for folktales, I analyze several narratives and examine the role of the helper in both the Märchen and the turning-point personal experience narrative. I explore the role Alcoholics Anonymous plays in the recovery of its members and the use of the personal experience narrative as therapy and a catalyst for healing.

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