Fairy Tale

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-61605-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 205 mm x 138 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

Reihe: The New Critical Idiom

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Teverson, Andrew (Kingston University, UK)

Teverson, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Definitions 2. The Establishment of a Literary Genre 3. Critical Methodologies 4. Fairy Tales and Ideology in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 5. An Adaptable Genre: Multi-Media Fairy Tale Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Teverson is Director of Studies for English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University London. He is author of Salman Rushdie (2007)