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

ISBN-13: 9780815312987 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 330 str.

John Stephens; Robyn McCallum; Jack Zipes

Opis

What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context? This study discusses a variety of stories including myths, folk tales and heroic legends to explain.

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