Fairy Tale

John Drakakis, "Fairy Tale"
English | 2013 | pages: 196 | ISBN: 0415616069 | PDF | 1,7 mb
This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It:

– explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre
– assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale
– provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form
– engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
– demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media, including oral tradition, literature, film, and the visual arts.