Marta Krajewska’s series of novels forming the so-called Slavic universe (Idź i czekaj mrozów, 2016, Zaszyj oczy wilkom, 2017 Wezwijcie moje dzieci, 2021) is characterized by noticeable generic ...syncretism, with fairy tales playing an important role in the construction of the presented world. In her trilogy, the author draws on the most popular, universal fairy tale motifs recorded in international catalogues as well as in Polska bajka ludowa w układzie systematycznym (The Systematic Catalogue of the Polish Folk Tale) by Julian Krzyżanowski, using as the basis of her own story. Krajewska applies the plot patterns of these fairy tales (T. 400A “Urvasi”, T. 333 “Little Red Riding Hood”, T. 425 “The Quest for a Lost Husband”) in the construction of the fates of her protagonists; they also appear by way of folkloric quotes, present, for example, in dialogue replies of the characters. In the narratives of the novels, the writer also devotes a lot of space to the phenomenon of oral transmission of fairy tales, characteristic of folk tradition, and the function of this phenomenon in the life of the local community. However, the numerous references to folk tradition do not mean that Krajewska recreates the logic of selected motifs established in the folk tradition, with their characteristic intentionality and moral messages. The main novelty of the literary approach to traditional tales (especially the story of Little Red Riding Hood) lies in the author’s departure from the fairy tale’s warning role and in her focus on the ambivalence of fascination and horror evoked in the heroine by the figure of the wolf, which in the narrative structure initiates a complex love story with dramatic complications and frequent plot twists, leading, however, towards a happy ending.
This article deals with the metaphoric representation of childhood traumatic experiences through references to European fairy tales in the novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura, “an ...innovative and tender blend of social commentary and magical realism” as defined by Riyoko Shibe. The paper traces the different ways the author incorporates European fairy tales and introduces the fantastic to describe the traumatic experiences of the children who went through severe bullying at school. The article attempts to demonstrate that these references serve both as symbolic representations of these experiences and as an escape from them, as they provide a metaphorical means to deal with the psychological distress.
The purpose of the article is to describe one of the forms of professional training of future leaders of the arts and crafts studio, namely: the implementation of a creative project of ethno-cultural ...orientation. The main research method is the analysis of literary sources. Students of the Chuvash State Institute of Culture and Arts made a panel using the collage technique “Making a panel based on the Chuvash fairy tale “Yuman-Batyr”. At the first and second stages of the project implementation, the Chuvash fairy tale “Yuman-Batyr” was studied, the selection of visual, graphic and textual materials was carried out, the selected materials were organized into a block collage. The article provides a feasibility study for the manufacturing process and describes in detail the sequence of creating a panel “based on the Chuvash fairy tale “Yuman-Batyr”. In the conclusions, it was noted that the project as a whole contributed to the formation of the main professional competencies of future heads of the arts and crafts studio.
The aim of this paper is to explore how minimal-self impacts the body image, projecting it as a reflection of one's approach toward their health and mental well-being.
The study takes qualitative ...data from two countries India and Germany and draws on a qualitative study of 20 individuals who are involved in some kind of physical activity for a long time. This paper examines the body image perspectives from
showcasing fit and healthy perspectives on
side and projected and superfluous perspectives on
side. The study also provides a model deciphering the rationale for both the reflections.
The body image projection from Snow White perspectives (success & dedication, self-esteem, bodybuilding, and cosmetic surgery) relates to positive reflection of oneself with focus on fitness, discipline, and mental rejuvenation in life. Notably, Evil Queen perspectives (unrealistic makeover, dark side of social media, gain an edge over others, and mental benchmarking with fair skin) reveal these facets as motivators to equip their body as means of physical non-verbal communication assets.
Analysis shows that there is no clear white or black view of health and fitness projection
body image but it's a gray line that gives wholesome fitness either a holistic mental peace or a competitive or success-oriented approach.
Greening the Genre Paola Spinozzi
Iperstoria,
12/2022
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Journal Article
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New critical perspectives are required to investigate forms of creative and critical writing that produce ecological knowledge and representation, to identify stylistic and structural features that ...strengthen or undermine environmental communication, and to appreciate narrative modes that may inspire a change in cultural mindsets and behaviours. The relationships between modes of communication and intergenerational dynamics are essential to understanding the power of environmental news and stories. Fairy tales and fables, in which the joy of the happy ending still resonates with doubts and fears, and dystopian and apocalyptic stories, in which destruction can raise palingenetic hope, are essential to environmental communication. David Attenborough’s ecology documentaries form a new green genre that blends the fairy tale and apocalyptic dystopia and uses entertainment to produce public understanding of the ecological crisis. Who is the narrator and how is the narrative built and delivered to develop environmental advocacy? Can nature documentary TV series contribute to changing consumers’ habits? Is the role played by celebrity conservationists and conservationist celebrities essential to promoting a cultural shift? These are intriguing questions raised by ecological narratives.
Fairy tales, one of the important genres of oral culture, are the main sources that identify and shape the gender roles of men and women (femininity and masculinity) who live in accordance with the ...characteristics of the culture they were born into. Since they are implicit activities of social cumulative development and transformation within a variable, fluid and latent process, fairy tales interact with gender roles using analogies. In this study, our aim is to evaluate the fairy tale named ‘Ali Ali Kız Ali’, from Kutahya, in the context of implicit cultural meanings and gender roles by utilizing qualitative analysis. In this examination, gender roles and differences in society’s behavioral expectations from these roles were taken into account. The concept of “gender justice” was used instead of the concept of “gender equality and/or inequality” to avoid any discrimination and marginalization of opposite and same sexes. The present study reveals that ideological gender roles, which exist in fairy tales, are transferred to our behavior and thought systems in an effective and permanent way that is far from being noticed and questioned. In this transfer, the power of the multilingual, timeless, unconscious, extraordinary, and colorful world of the fairy tale genre is effective. When cultural and social expectations change, behavior patterns expected by the society, gender roles, and the representations of these roles in these tales change as the tales change along with the behavioral patterns of the gender roles..
This paper focuses on indirect means of verbalizing the phenomenon of pessimism in the texts of literary fairy tales from the point of view of Linguosemiotics. The study aims to determine the ...linguistic and semiotic means that create the pessimistic discourse of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and Other Tales collection. Pessimistic discourse is a person-centred discourse type represented by a complex system of means showing the speaker’s pessimistic worldview and is characterized by its goals, style, and tenor. The study contributes to developing Linguosemiotics, Psycholinguistics, and discourse studies and enriches the knowledge about idiostyles. The study is based on the semantic and lingo-semiotic analysis of the ontological phenomenon of pessimism in fictional texts, applying the content analysis to ensure the results’ reliability and validity. Furthermore, the four-staged methodological procedure used in this research allows us to define a general literary context of the analyzed works, select the research material, establish the frequency characteristics of the symbols as lingo-semiotic means that create the pessimistic tonality and discourse of Oscar Wilde’s collection The Happy Prince and Other Tales. The research determines the symbols of nature (seasons, flowers), material world (colours, things of everyday use), distancing, and death (as an ontological category) as verbal triggers of the author’s pessimism implemented in the narration by the contextual markers of basic, adjacent, and related qualitative features of pessimism, which reflect its social, psychological and cognitive aspects. The suggested methodology of the given investigation is perspective within the scope of various genres.
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