Zeichen der Mündlichkeit im Märchen des Bärnauer Webers aus der Sammlung Franz Xaver Schönwerths

Key Points

• The aim is to explore oral tradition characteristics in fairy tales collected by Franz Xaver Schönwerth.
• Examined several features in a comprehensive narrative by a Bavarian weaver.
• Analyzed narrative incoherences, dialect use, storytelling structures, word usage, formulas, and additions.
• Focused on the interplay between oral transmission and written documentation.
• Identified several markers of orality that influence narrative coherence.
• Found dialect usage contributes significantly to the storytelling style.
• Highlighted the dynamic relationship between oral tradition and its written form.