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New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary title: Fictions for Young Adults author: De Vos, Gail.; Altmann, Anna E. publisher: Libraries Unlimited isbn10 | asin: 1563084473 print isbn13: 9781563084478 ebook isbn13: 9780585080338 language: English Literature and folklore, Young adult fiction- -History and criticism, Tales--Adaptations-- subject History and criticism, Young adult fiction-- Themes, motives, Young adults--Books and reading, Folklore in literature. publication date: 1999 lcc: PN56.F58D48 1999eb ddc: 398.2/083 Literature and folklore, Young adult fiction- -History and criticism, Tales--Adaptations-- subject: History and criticism, Young adult fiction-- Themes, motives, Young adults--Books and reading, Folklore in literature. Page iii New Tales for Old Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults Gail de Vos Anna E. Altmann 1999 Libraries Unlimited, Inc. and Its Division Teacher Ideas Press Englewood, Colorado To Peter, for his support and love. GdV To my mother, who told us the stories, and to the memory of my father, who lived them. AEA Copyright © 1999 Gail de Vos and Anna E. Altmann All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. LIBRARIES UNLIMITED, INC. and Its Division Teacher Ideas Press P.O. Box 6633 Englewood, CO 80155-6633 1-800-237-6124 www.lu.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data De Vos, Gail, 1949- New tales for old : folktales as literary fictions for young adults / Gail de Vos, Anna E. Altmann. xxi, 408 p. 19×26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 1-56308-447-3 1. Literature and folklore. 2. Young adult fictionHistory and criticism. 3. TalesAdaptationsHistory and criticism. 4. Young criticism. 3. TalesAdaptationsHistory and criticism. 4. Young adult fictionThemes, motives. 5. Young adultsBooks and reading. 6. Folklore in literature. I. Altmann, Anna E. II. Title. PN56.F58D48 1999 398.2'083dc21 99-33150 CIP Page v Epigraph It is the particular beauty of fairy tales that no one interpretation is the true one, no one version is correct. The ingredients of the tale can be simmered and stirred, flavored and served up in a thousand different ways. Each author begins with common fairy-tale characters, dilemmas, dangers, riddles, and enchantments. Yet with this common straw they make gold, and language is the wheel on which they spin. It is through the language of the tales, and not the plot, that each retelling becomes unique, adding the voices of a new generation of storytellers to the voices of centuries past (Datlow and Windling, Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, 6). But a close look at the stories reveals much more than a simple formula of abuse and retribution. The trials our heroes encounter in their quests illustrate the process of transformation: from youth to adulthood, from victim to hero, from a maimed state into wholeness, from passivity to action. As centuries of artists have known, this gives fairy tales a particular power: not as a quaint escape from the harsh realities of modern life, but in their symbolic portrayal of all the dark and bright life has to offer (Datlow and Windling, Black Swan, White Raven, 4). Page vii Contents Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii 1Folktales and Literary Fictions 1 Folktales as Oral Narrative 1 Is a Folktale a Fairy Tale? 7 The Art of the Folktale 8 The Interpretation of Folktales 14 The Folktale Audience 21 Filling the Oral Folktale's Sponge 25 Folktales in Postmodern Times 27 Endnotes 30 Bibliography 32 2Cinderella 33 Tale Type: AT 510A 34 A History of Cinderella 36 Cinderella in Oral Tradition 37 Rooth's Cinderella Cycle 37 A 38 AB 38 B 38 B1 39 C 39 Influences from Other Sources 39 Cinderella in Print 40 Basile 40 Perrault 41 The Brothers Grimm 42 Page viii Overview of Critical Interpretations of Cinderella 45 Reworkings of Cinderella in Novel Form 55 Silver Woven in My Hair 55 At Midnight: A Novel Based on Cinderella 56 The Glass Slipper 57 Ella Enchanted 57 Short Stories 58 Feature Films 62 Poetry 65 Opera 70 Picture Books 70 Internet Resources 72 Classroom Extensions 72 Feminist Readings 72 Films 73 Perrault and the Brothers Grimm 73 Picture Books 73 Pictures and Words 74 Repetition 74 Bibliography 74 3The Frog King or Iron Henry 77 Tale Type: AT 440 78 A History of the Frog King or Iron Henry 79 The Frog King in Oral Tradition 79 The Frog King in Print: The Brothers Grimm 79 Overview of Critical Interpretations of the Frog King or 83 Iron Henry Reworkings of the Frog King or Iron Henry in Novel 91 Form The Prince of the Pond Otherwise Known as DE 91 Fawg Pin Fair Peril 92 Short Stories 93 Short Films 97 Poetry 99 Picture Books 102 Graphic Novels 103 Internet Resources 103 Classroom Extensions 104 Antecedents 104 Cartoons 104
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