English- Fariytales Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is Literary Criticism?
LITERARY CRITICS ATTEMPTING TO UNDERSTAND OR
INTERPRET WHAT A TEXT MEANS, OR DOES NOT MEAN
What are the 7 types of criticism?
Reader Response Criticism
Historical Criticism
Gender Criticism
Formal Criticism
(Neo-) Marxist Criticism
Archetypal Criticism
Deconstructive/ Post-Structuralist Criticism
What is Reader Response?
- each individual brings a different meaning to the text
- A reader’s response depends on personal experience, values, reading ability, and
mood.
What is Historical Criticism?
- make meaning from a text you must understand the author’s point of view.
- meaning of the text is what the author wanted it to be. This is much more objective and does not allow for personal interpretation.
What is Gender Criticism?
- focus on the authors, texts and readers, but particularly on women and 2SLGBTQIA+ readers’ responses to texts written by males.
Formal Criticism
- readers should concentrate on the text itself
- focus on identifying the meaning of the text’s words and structural components
Neo-Marxist Criticism
- find meaning through a deeper look at the power relationships set up in texts
Archetypal Criticism
- archetype is an image, narrative pattern, theme, character or other literary pattern which is present in all literature
- This includes a hero’s journey, circle of life, etc.
- Rooted in modern psychology
Deconstructive/ Post-Structuralist Criticism
- consider the author’s intention, the reader’s response, the time period in which the piece was written, the feminist and Marxist approaches and so fort
- you tear apart the text from all angles in order to understand its true meaning.
What are the two types of fairytales?
- Folk Tales
- Literary Tales
What do folk tales reflect?
- reflects culture and background
How were folk tales transmitted?
Orally
What is the difference between folk and literary tales?
- reading literary folk tales will not change the tale, unlike the tradition of folk tales
- The literary form follows a different set of principles
who created literary versions of folk tales for the royal court of King Louis XIV? And from what year did he make fairytales?
Charles Perrault
(1628-1703)
Who created the trend of female characters being passive and patient, and male heroes being clever, brave, and courteous?
Charles Perrault
Who collected folk tales and domesticated them?
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
What is the difference between the Grimm brothers and Charles Perrault?
- Featured peasant heroes or heroines
- Show royalty as being deceitful compared to the lower class
What are the types of fairytale themes?
1 Loss of Innocence
2 Damsels in Distress
3 Brain over Braun
4 Child as Hero
5 Villains
6 Animal Bridegroom
What is Loss of Innocence?
- Coming of age
- an experience or period in a person’s life that leads to a greater awareness of evil, pain, and/or suffering in the world around them.
What is Damsels in Distress?
a person, usually a young woman, who needs to be rescued from danger or trouble of some kind
What is Brain over Braun?
emphasizes the value of intelligence, wit, and intellect over physical strength or brawn in its characters, themes, or narratives.
What is Child as Hero?
literature that features young protagonists who exhibit heroism and resilience in the face of challenges.
Villians
characters who play antagonistic roles, often opposing the protagonist and driving conflict within the story
Animal Bridegroom
- Female characters at the centre of tales
- Female characters marrying an animal, etc
- Animal transforms into a human
