On methods, I have just been engaging with Atkinson's use of Propp's 'tale role' theory as an analytic tool. I had heard vaguely of this before.

Here is a link to a piece about it:

https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/87381/mod_resource/content/1/Buchan,%20Propp%20and%20the%20Ballads.pdf