GER 1791 Lecture 1: Lesson 1 - Ownership, Adaptation, Remediation Cinderella
23 Jan 2019
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Grimm, disney and beyond: ownership, adaptation and remediation. Many stories in long circulation around globe - as far back as 2000 bce. Basile"s petrosinella" shares details with story in 11th century sanskrit collection. E. g. sleeping beauty motif can be traced back two anonymous 14th-century prose romances. Genre = category of artistic composition characterized by certain similarities in form, subject matter, style, setting, etc. Italian tradition hybrid between real and wonder inspired by the short story writing of boccaccio"s decameron (1349-50) Le piacevoli notti (the pleasant nights) two volumes in 1550 and 1553 by giovan francesco. Lo cunto de li cunti, overo lo trattenemiento de peccerille (the tale of tales, or entertainment for little ones), by giambattista basile, 1634 -1636, aka il pentamerone. Can be considered first complete collection of fairytales all use frame narrative = main narrative with embedded stories. Vehicle for entertainment, escape, but also critique. Fairy tale ending" in which order is restored/justice served.
