A comprehensive treatment of the development of narrative folklore in international and Slovenian spheres reveals insight into fundamental ways in which narrative has been transmitted, transformed and researched throughout the world and through the time. Literature and literary folklore have always inspired one another. Thus, despite great distances – both in space and time – narrative folklore is the common treasure of many nations. Presented is the legacy of the oldest known civilisations as well as traces and further development of narratives and storytelling. In this book ('Narrative Folklore: Evolution and Research') are also analysed and defined different genres of narrative folklore. Presented are also the research methods and different theories that were or are still used in folkloristics and contemporary narrative culture.Celosten prikaz razvoja in raziskovanja slovenskega folklornega pripovednega izročila odkriva vpogled v osnovne premise razvojne poti pripovedništva v slovenskem in mednarodnem kulturnem prostoru. Preko analize vsebin in poti širjenja je predstavljeno spreminjanje pripovedne kulture skozi prostor in čas. Literatura in slovstvena folklora sta se vzajemno oplajali in zato je pripovedno izročilo ne glede na razdalje, tako prostorske kot časovne, skupno bogastvo številnih narodov. Predstavljene so razvojne smernice od izročil najstarejših civilizacij do pripovedne kulture današnjih dni, kakor tudi različni žanri folklornega pripovedništva. Predstavljene so tudi metode in teorije raziskovanja, ki so se ali se še vedno uporabljajo in nastajajo v folkloristiki in na področju pripovedne kulture
