THE INFLUENCE OF SELECTED METANARRATIVE ASPECTS
WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE MULTIPLOT LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD

This article concerns modern versions of the legend of Robin Hood, and focuses on describing the society, religion and gender roles in these texts. The main issue is the following: what universal values are openly propagated or concealed in the modern versions of the legend? The presentation of this story as being a component of a sociocultural conservative ideology, is also accompanied by reflections on all possible diversions from the commonly accepted theory of universality of metanarration and indicates the possibility of further analysis of the texts.

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