ENG 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Brothers Grimm, Fairytale Fantasy, Slut
11 Apr 2016
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*looking at how meaning changes over time according to the cultural surroundings. The presence of the young girl and a wolf (protagonist/antagonist) The tension between the protagonist and antagonist. Start asking questions of the text (start with simple ones) Go to library. ryerson. ca click oed (oxford dictionary) look up old words within stories to understand its contextual meaning within the story. Back then in europe wolves were constant predators that would kill their livestock, also cases of missing children (they were a real threat: now we fear serial killers, then they feared wolves. A little girl going off into the woods on her own is like a sheep. A wolf looks a lot like a domestic animal (dog) and are often mistaken for possibly gentle characters (ex: little red could not make out his appearance) Sheep are typed as na ve and stupid, while wolves and foxes are cunning and smart (and sly)
