Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature

ISBN-13: 9780415836142 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 330 str.

John Stephens; Robyn McCallum

Opis

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

Chapter I PRE-TEXTS, METANARRATIVES, AND THE WESTERN METAETHIC Chapter 2 AUTHORITY, WISDOM, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: BIBLICAL LITERATURE AS PRE-TEXT Chapter 3 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: THE MYSTERY UNDERLYING EVERYDAY THINGS? Chapter 4 DISTINCTION, INDIVIDUALITY, SOCIALITY: PATTERNS FOR A HEROIC LIFE Chapter 5 AN AFFIRMATION OF CIVILIZATION AGAINST BARBARISM: ARTHUR AND ARTHURIANISM IN MEDIEVALIST AND QUASI-MEDIEVAL ROMANCE Chapter 6 THE Boys IN THE GREENWOOD: STORIES OF ROBIN HOOD Chapter 7 FOLKTALE AND METANARRATIVES OF FEMALE AGENCY Chapter 8 THE IDEA OF THE ORIENT: STORIES AND MOTIFS FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Chapter 9 REVERSIONS OF EARLY MODERN CLASSICS

O autorze

John Stephens, Robyn McCallum