GAŠPAROVIČOVÁ, Alena. Once Upon a Modern Time : Fairy Tales as a Way to Address Modern Issues. Fall 2021. Brno: Re:Views Magazine, z.s., 2021. ISSN 2464-7306.
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Original name Once Upon a Modern Time : Fairy Tales as a Way to Address Modern Issues
Authors GAŠPAROVIČOVÁ, Alena.
Edition Fall 2021. Brno, 2021.
Publisher Re:Views Magazine, z.s.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Popularizing texts and activities
Field of Study 60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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ISSN 2464-7306
Keywords in English modern fairy tales; rewritings; review
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D., učo 39970. Changed: 18/11/2021 10:53.
Abstract
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young woman in a desperate situation and in need of a prince to rescue her. However, she is the protagonist of a different story. Despite the name of the famous fairy-tale character Cinderella in the title of the book, Laura Lane’s and Ellen Haun’s Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling: And Other Feminist Fairy Tales offers adaptations of a range of well-known traditional fairy tales. The authors use the familiarity of the fairy-tale settings and characters and mould them into a new form. Aimed at a more mature audience, these stories not only present self-sufficient female characters who do not need any man to save them, they also address issues like class, ethnicity and gender identity that resonate through today’s society. All of that is packaged in the form of a fairy-tale rewriting in a humorous and parodic manner. This article offers a review of the collection as well as an analysis of how selected stories in the book challenge the traditional fairy tale stereotypes and address the issues of modern society.
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