SLST 180 Lecture 5: SLST 180 Lectures 5 and 7
7 Feb 2017
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Punishment of villains: brother"s grimm: wicked queen must dance in red-hot shoes, russian: Servant and uncle shot by firing squad. Stepmother is tied to the tail of a horse and dragged until dead. Father isn"t punished, was tricked into persecuting his daughter, instead must welcome his daughter back into the family. Bogatyrs commit suicide, but they aren"t villains. Russian school the wanderers: art that tells a story, realism, social justice, e. g. Wanted to depict the soul of the people. School the world of art: e. g. Ivan bilibin created famous fairytale illustrations: art for art"s sake, about style, colour, vibrancy not narrative. Set in great time outside of chronological history. Magic co-exists with the rational, physical world. Sacralization of the present: stalin tried to tap into the idea of epic space and epic time. Idea that great deeds were being done by great workers. Traditional starting line in a certain kingdom, in a certain state .
