If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, ...evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold--and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world.
Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation in an ever-growing variety of media. In making his case, Zipes considers a wide range of fascinating examples, including fairy tales told, collected, and written by women in the nineteenth century; Catherine Breillat's film adaptation of Perrault's "Bluebeard"; and contemporary fairy-tale drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs that critique canonical print versions.
While we may never be able to fully explain fairy tales,The Irresistible Fairy Taleprovides a powerful theory of how and why they evolved--and why we still use them to make meaning of our lives.
Prispevek obravnava različne oblike uprizoritvenega besedila, kar je še vedno dokaj nov pojav v sodobnem gledališču, ki terja nova orodja za analizo. Strukturna transformacija zapisanega besedila v ...uprizoritev, vključno z gledalčevo vlogo pri tem, potrjuje dejstvo, da uprizoritveno besedilo ne pomeni preprosto nove vrste zapisanega besedila, še toliko manj pa novo vrsto gledališkega besedila, temveč prej neke vrste bistveno spremenjen hipertekst. Uprizoritveno besedilo bi lahko poimenovali tudi odprto besedilo uprizoritve v smislu, da zahteva od gledalcev, da tudi sami postanejo aktivni so-pisci. Bi lahko potemtakem uprizoritveno besedilo definirali kot scenic écriture, kolektivno pisanje, hipertekst ali celo écriture corporelle? In kako bi ga bilo mogoče prevesti z odra na papir, da bi ga tako ohranili za prihodnje študije? Uprizoritveno besedilo ne more obstajati brez svojega avtorja (ali avtorjev), zato prispevek obravnava uprizoritve skupin The Wooster Group in Motus in pa Renéja Pollescha, Jorisa Lacoste, Mila Raua ter Oliverja Frljića, ki vsi nenehno proizvajajo uprizoritvena besedila skupaj z igralci, pri tem pa ne ločujejo procesa pisanja od režije.
