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TAYLOR
Unregistered User
(1/23/01 10:37:05 am)
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SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF FAIRY TALES PLEASE!!!!
I'M A SOPHOMORE IN COLLEGE AND
I'M WRITING A POSITION PAPER ON FAIRY TALES. I NEED HISTORY OF,
COMMENTS FROM YOU TALE LOVERS POINTS OF VIEW ON ANY ASPECT OF FAIRY
TALES!! IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET SOME INFO FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO
KNOW TONS ABOUT FAIRY TALES1
THANKS AGAIN PLEASE E-MAIL RESPONSES AT: GreenT@cwu.edu
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Midori
Unregistered User
(1/23/01 3:23:32 pm)
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narrow the field
Taylor,
It might be a whole lot easier for us to help you out if you yourself decided what you are interested in--for example, would you prefer fairy tales from a specific cultures? European, native American, italian, African American? Are you interested in paritcular types of tales? Hero tales, trickster tales, ghost tales?
otherwise, just reading back through the last three pages of this board will give you lots of view points, ideas, references and suggestions...
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Terri
Registered User
(1/26/01 7:00:03 am)
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Re: narrow the field
There are a number of general articles on the subject on the Endicott Studio web site that might help:
www.endicott-studio.com/forum.html
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TAYLOR
Unregistered User
(1/26/01 10:16:40 am)
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THANKS!- SOME SPECIFICS
Our teacher hasn't given us a
distinct direction, but I think I'm going to try to concentrate
on the varients of the Cinderella story and its implications; although
I know there are thousands of other great stories with intriging
history- but Cinderella is most familiar to me. Topics such as how
the story may trigger certain emotions in children (particular to
sibbling rivalry) also, a little background on the widespread use
of fairy tales and their important role to human culture. Pleas
be patient with my stumbling along as I'm just beginning to construct
my paper and gather some research- thanks you've been really helpful
Perhaps some personal opinions as well if you don't mind... I still
need to clear it with my teacher about doing that with regard to
the bibliography, so this is not completely worked out yet
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Terri
Registered User
(1/26/01 4:07:58 pm)
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Re: THANKS!- SOME SPECIFICS
Taylor, here's a short article
on the history of Cinderella: www.endicott-studio.com/forashs.html
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Karen
Unregistered User
(1/30/01 11:13:31 pm)
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More
Taylor,
In addition to the excellent resources on the endicott studio and surlalune pages, you might want to try this as a print reference:
Cinderella: A Folklore Casebook- Alan Dundes (ed.)
Goodluck!
Karen
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english
Unregistered User
(2/6/01 2:00:04 pm)
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an excellent source for Cinderella....
The Oryx Multicultural Folktale Series has a whole edition on Cinderella by Judith Sierra
ISBN: 0897747275
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candy
Unregistered User
(2/13/01 4:08:54 pm)
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rapunzel
Hi Midori. I would love some info on Rapunzel and the symbolic meanings in the story. I have a class called Criticism and Response (kitty lit 450) and could use any help you could give me. Thanks! ~Candy
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Midori
Unregistered User
(2/14/01 5:53:23 am)
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rapunzel
Candy,
Aver useful place to start would be our own webmistress's fabulous
site on fairy tales:
SurLaLune
Fairy Tale Pages
there is a link for all kinds of information/bibliographies and
variations on Rapunzel.
Also on this board (pages 3 and 4) you will find the remnents
of an earlier discussion, though I am sorry I can't find the long
interesting discussion we had about Rapunzel and the sexuality
of her hair! Heidi, do you happen to remember where it is?
Otherwise, I'm sure people will jump in here with their ideas.
I looked first at Rapunzel as the rite of passage tale of a girl
from adolescence to adult hood, but the image of the tower and
her hair most certainly sexualize the tale in a unique way. The
hair is almost like a living creature, an animal pelt that brings
the man to her when she can not physically go outside the tower
to enact her journey of transformation. The hair is a fantastic
extension of that sexual readiness that is part of her transformation
from child to adult. I think it was Karen who gave a wonderful
reading of the phallic tower....
have a look at the stuff that's here, and then maybe if you have
specific ideas or questions, why don't you post them in a new
Rapunzel thread--it will make it easier to find than piggy backing
off of Taylor's original thread.
good luck
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Terri
Registered User
(2/14/01 6:17:14 am)
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Re: rapunzel
Candy: Greg Frost, who is here on this board, wrote a terrific adult version of the Rapunzel story, "The Root of the Matter," published in the anthology SNOW WHITE, BLOOD RED. There's also another version of Rapunzel in the same book, "The Princess in the Tower" by Elizabeth Lynn. And do you know Anne Sexton's Rapunzel poem in her collection Tranformations?
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