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Peasant and noble, peasant and urban: the interweaving of popular and elite culture in the plot of the Mediterranean ballad, the Noble Shepherdess

The plot of the Mediterranean ballad, known under the title of The Noble Sheperdess in the Romance tradition, is analysed in this article, largely on examples of Castilian and Dalmatian variants. It is emphasised that this ballad is one in which philological criticism has identified the existence of genetic affinity between Greek, Albanian, Croatian, Italian, French and Hispanic ballads. The fact is exceptionally important for analysis of the plot, since similar ballads can have a different plot dynamic and shaping of the character components.

the Croatian ballad of the evil mother-in-law; the Spanish romance; plot; character; interweaving of the high and the low in folklore; Mediterranean; Dalmatia; literary anthropology

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