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I analyse the motif of a man inside a great fish belly as seen from the perspective of an adult person, i.e. I scrutinise how probable the event seems, what species of a sea animal it could have been, what the character’s chances of survival were. I also look at the motif from a child’s perspective, referring to the character’s being fascinated by the inside of the fish body. Starting from Pinocchio’s adventure in Pescecane, I also look for other variants of this motif present in Greek mythology, the Biblical tradition, folk tale, as well as modern and contemporary literature, also written in the 21st century. I give special consideration to the way in which the narrators try to make their stories more probable (Pinocchio’s paradox).The vol...
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