@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of characterization in folktales across geographic regions and levels of cultural complexity",
journal="Human nature",
year="2003",
author="Gottschall, Jonathan and Berkey, Rachel and Cawson, Mitchell and Drown, Carly and Fleischner, Matthew and Glotzbecker, Melissa and Kernan, Kimberly and Magnan, Tyler and Muse, Kate and Ogburn, Celeste and Patterson, Stephen and Skeels, Christopher and Joseph, Stephanie St and Weeks, Shawna and Welsh, Alison and Welch, Erin",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="365-382",
abstract="Literary scholars are generally suspicious of the concept of universals: there are presently no candidates for literary universals that a high proportion of literary scholars would accept as valid. This paper reports results from a content analysis of patterns of characterization in folktales from 48 culture areas, aimed at identifying patterns of characterization that apply across regions of the world and levels of cultural complexity. The search for these patterns was guided by evolutionary theory and the findings are consistent with previous research on patterns of altruism, sex differences in mate preferences, sex differences in reproductive strategy, and differing emphases on male and female physical attractiveness. World literature, especially originally oral literature, represents a vast and neglected repository of information that researchers can use to more precisely map the contours of human nature.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1045-6767",
doi="10.1007/s12110-003-1011-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-003-1011-3"
}