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snowdrop
Registered User
(9/22/05 11:10 am)
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Modern Fairy tale retellings with male protagonist
Hi everyone! In my young adult literature class, I'm researching modern fairy tales and how to engage them in the classroom. Being a woman, I have read more stories that have a female protagonist and I need a little help in finding modern fairy tales that would appeal to young men. I thought about using Neil Gaiman's "Stardust" but are there any others that anyone could suggest? I could REALLY use the input!
Autumn :\
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(9/22/05 1:57 pm)
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Re: Modern Fairy tale retellings with male protagonist
Try P. W. Catanese's retellings.
And Donna Jo Napoli's The Prince of the Pond and Beast. Perhaps also her Spinners and Crazy Jack.
Heidi
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snowdrop
Registered User
(9/22/05 5:51 pm)
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Re: Modern Fairy tale retellings with male protagonist
Thanks so much, Heidi! I hadn't even thought of them but they're such obvious choices!:eek |
Writerpatrick
Registered User
(9/23/05 8:10 am)
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Re: Modern Fairy tale retellings with male protagonist
There are a number of classic tales with male protagonists such as The Twin Brothers, Jack and the Beanstalk and Puss In Boots.
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Heather
KT
Registered User
(9/23/05 4:49 pm)
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Re: Modern Fairy tale retellings with male protagonist
Gary Schmidt's _Straw Into Gold_ is a Rumplestiltskin retelling that I really enjoyed, and it has a male protagonist. Doesn't Philip Pullman have a couple also? At least _I was a Rat_ (Cinderella).
Heather
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revcopado
Registered User
(9/24/05 8:39 am)
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Re: Modern Fairy tale retellings with male protagonist
It may be worth taking a look at Robert Bly's book, [u]Iron John[/u], which came out 20 years ago and has been recently reprinted and Michael Meade's [u]Men and the Water of Life[/u]. Both authors use myths (with male protagonists) to explore issues relating to men. Bly uses the myth of "Iron Hans" to explore such issues as leaving home to find oneself, falling in love, finding a mentor, heart break, and loss.
Meade uses, if I recall several African myths in the same way.
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