The urban legend: a narrative genre of great cultural mobility

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https://doi.org/10.5433/boitata.2008v3.e31156

Keywords:

Traditional legend, Urban legend, Oral Literature

Abstract

Urban or contemporary legend, like traditional legend, is an exemplary oral history.It is an anonymous popular narrative, transmitted primarily orally, that has an implicit message and a hidden moral to which we adhere.In this article, we will present urban legend as a contemporary narrative genre based on the studies of French researchers Jean Bruno Renard and Véronique Campion-Vincent.

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Author Biography

Sylvie Dion, Universidade do Rio Grande (FURG)

Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Montreal..Professor at the Institute of Arts and Letters at the University of Rio Grande (FURG).

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RENARD, Jean Bruno, Rumeurs et légendes urbaines.Paris: PUF, 2002.

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Published

2025-09-09

How to Cite

DION, Sylvie. The urban legend: a narrative genre of great cultural mobility. Boitatá, Londrina, v. 3, n. 6, p. 1–14, 2025. DOI: 10.5433/boitata.2008v3.e31156. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/boitata/article/view/31156. Acesso em: 5 feb. 2026.

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Vol. 3 No. 6 (2008)

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