A structural approach to dead poets society

The scientific concern and the aim of the thesis constitute the structural and functional analysis of the film, Dead Poets Society according to Russian Formalist and folklorist Vladimir Propp?s methodology in his Morphology of the Folktale (1928). Such a purpose requires the development of a solid theoretical basis concerning narratological and structural implication of this methodological analysis, followed by the practical applicability of the theory to the textual analysis of the movie script of Dead Poets Society. The importance of the thesis is the creation of an original and new modality of approach to Dead Poets Society through one principle of research and evaluation, which is Vladimir Propp?s methodology in Morphology of the Folktale. Chapter 1, entitled Formalism and Vladimir Propp, brings into discussion the general theoretical and critical considerations of Russian Formalism and Vladimir Propp?s methodology in his Morphology of the Folktale. Chapter 2, entitled Structural and Functional Analysis of Dead Poets Society, points out the similarities and differences between Vladimir Propp?s theory that he discussed in Morphology of the Folktale and plot structure of the film, Dead Poets Society