Abstract：The motif, stemmed from the studies of folk narrative literature, originally means the smallest narrative unit which appears repeatedly in various texts. The Russian Formalism consideres the motif as a discourse type and startes the structural studies in form .Then the analysis on motif as a structural form becomes a method of criticism for language and is characterized by disclosing the profound cultural meaning of motif. This thesis demonstrates the means and significance of motif analysis by drawing upon characteristics of narrative discourse.
