A Proppian Approach to the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxene

Abstract

Our aim in this paper is to obtain the functional and morphological structure of the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxene, according to V. Propp’s model. The functions of the text will be analyzed in order to draw the sequences that constitute the plot of the story. Furthermore, the different types of Proppian characters will be enumerated. At last, the subsequent results will show more clearly the similarities between this and other novelesque or hagiographical texts.