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Simple Forms keyword-for-a-left-populism and the scriptorly “logosphere” ofLegend, saga, myth, riddle, saying, case, memorabile, fairy tale, joke: Andr Jolles understands each of these nine simple forms as the reflection in language of a distinct mode of human engagement with the world and thus as a basic structuring principle of literary narrative. Published in German in 1929 and long recognized as a classic of genre theory, Simple Forms is the first English translation of a significant precursor to structuralist and