Wolf as a Sexual Predator in “Little Red Riding Hood & the big
bad wolfcaller”

D 2023

Wolf as a Sexual Predator in “Little Red Riding Hood & the big bad wolfcaller”

GAŠPAROVIČOVÁ, Alena

Základní údaje

Originální název

Wolf as a Sexual Predator in “Little Red Riding Hood & the big bad wolfcaller”

Autoři

GAŠPAROVIČOVÁ, Alena (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Praha, 2nd Nitra Postgraduate Conference in English Studies : Trends and Perspectives : Conference Proceedings, od s. 33-38, 6 s. 2023

Nakladatel

Verbum

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

60206 Specific literatures

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00135646

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-80-88507-13-0

Klíčová slova anglicky

Red Riding Hood; feminism; catcalling

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 5. 3. 2025 10:36, Mgr. Pavla Martinková

Anotace

V originále

In real life, one might not encounter a wolf all that often; however, catcallers are a totally different story. Fairy tales are known to teach and warn their readers about the sorts of behaviour that might lead to them getting punished. A fairy tale that is frequently mentioned in connection to teaching readers how to behave is “Little Red Riding Hood”, which is often interpreted as a cautionary tale warning children not to talk to strangers. This paper focuses on a contemporary (2020) version of the story by Laura Lane and Ellen Haun called “Little Red Riding Hood & the Big Bad Wolfcaller” with the aim of analysing from a feminist point of view how the authors use the well-known story to address contemporary issues specifically the harassment of women by means of catcalling. Instead of a naïve little girl, Lane and Haun offer a strong – if short – protagonist, who is, in spite of her empowered character, having trouble with a catcalling wolf who harasses her. By identifying the catcaller – or in this case, the wolfcaller – as a wolf, the authors emphasise the feelings connected to the potential danger that often tend to be dismissed by others in real-life situations, thus drawing attention to the problems of toxic masculinity, aggression and the normalisation of these issues.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1054/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Paradigms, strategies and developments - Anglophone literary and cultural studies III

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Paradigms, strategies and developments - Anglophone literary and cultural studies III

Citovat

GAŠPAROVIČOVÁ, Alena. Wolf as a Sexual Predator in “Little Red Riding Hood & the big bad wolfcaller”. In Mareková, Lucia. 2nd Nitra Postgraduate Conference in English Studies : Trends and Perspectives : Conference Proceedings. Praha: Verbum, 2023, s. 33-38. ISBN 978-80-88507-13-0.

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GAŠPAROVIČOVÁ, Alena. Wolf as a Sexual Predator in “Little Red Riding Hood \&{} the big bad wolfcaller”. In Mareková, Lucia. \textit{2nd Nitra Postgraduate Conference in English Studies : Trends and Perspectives : Conference Proceedings}. Praha: Verbum, 2023, s.~33-38. ISBN~978-80-88507-13-0.

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