"Safe Haven" is one of Nicholas Sparks excellent novels. It was published in 2010. It is basically about women's abuse. According to Vladimir Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale" in general, no researcher has studied this novel. Propp's theory was formerly found to analyze Russian folktales. However, some researchers apply it to English fairytales and stories, such as Sundari (2014), who used it to "Sleeping Beauty"; Nursantia (2003) to Joseph Conrad's novel "Heart of Darkness"; and Salmah (2004) to Charles Dickens's "Our Mutual Friend". Thus, the gap of applying Propp's "Morphology of the Folktale" to novels in general and modern text in specific inspires the researcher to fulfil this gap by addressing the following academic questions: 1) Is it possible to apply Vladimir Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale (1968) to Nicholas Spark’s novel “Safe Haven”? 2)What are the good and bad morals portrayed by the main characters in “Safe Haven”? 3) How many features of Propp’s thirty-one features can be found in Nickola Spark’s “Safe Haven”? After a deep analysis of the entire novel, the researchers find that Sparks uses twenty-five features in this novel among Propp's thirty-one features. Propp did not state that all the thirty-one features should exist in a single text. Additionally, the researchers conclude that in Sparks’s "Safe Haven", the good morals are represented by Alex, while the bad morals are depicted by Kevin. Accordingly, even though Propp's theory is comparatively old and intended to be applied to Russian fairytales. The researchers find that it can be used in modern English novels.

Authors:
Doaa Aldihaymawee, Jabir Ibn Hayyan Medical University, Iraq
Yousif Yousif, Diyala University, Iraq

About the Presenter(s)
Dr DOAA ALDIHAYMAWEE is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Islamic University of Najaf in Iraq

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