C LIT243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Red Riding
15 May 2018
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February 2, 2018
Midterm
• 2 units based on particular group of tales covered
• Questions regarding comparison of tales
o How tales evolve throughout ages with respect to audience and presentation of
themes
o Only based on folktales/literary adaptations
o No questions on theory, but can enhance understanding of text; can bring up if
necessary
The False Grandmother/Goldflower and the Bear
• Discipline of children by fear – how they were taught
• “yste of eduatio i plae durig Gri’s tie
• Virtually obsessed aout hildhood today; ore i=depth, diersified hildre’s arket
• Grimm was more family oriented
• Similarities between texts:
o Absence of adult
o Always by herself to deal with situation
o Presence of predator (wolf/bear/ogress) – non-human; tries to deceive her
o Cannibalism
o Except Perrault, Little Girl deceives predator and escapes
▪ Female characters are capable
o Pretends she has to relieve herself (usually tied to a rope to keep her from
escaping but does so anyways)
Modern Adaptations
• The Stinky Cheeseman, The True Story of Three Little Pigs
• Modernist/postmodernist revisionist adaptations
The Girl and the Wolf
• Little girl is manipulative?
o Had gun as if she was ready to kill the wolf
o But what about grandmother? Did she send wolf to her on purpose?
o Self-reflexivity
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