This essay discusses essentially three practices of fairy-tale adaptations in the English-speaking world and their cultural implications: 1.“politically correct” rewritings, 2. postmodernist/metafictional rewritings 3. feminist rewritings. It argues that by revitalizing canonical fairy-tale values and conventions, fairy-tale discourse can become emancipatory and innovative.
Did they live happily ever after? Rewriting fairy tales for a contemporary audience
TOSI, Laura
2006-01-01
Abstract
This essay discusses essentially three practices of fairy-tale adaptations in the English-speaking world and their cultural implications: 1.“politically correct” rewritings, 2. postmodernist/metafictional rewritings 3. feminist rewritings. It argues that by revitalizing canonical fairy-tale values and conventions, fairy-tale discourse can become emancipatory and innovative.
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