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What is an example of a metonymy in the title of a fairy tale by Charles Perrault?
The Little Glass Slipper/Little Red Riding Hood
When was the "Golden Age" of Hollywood
1930s
What world event is reflected and critiqued through Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle?
Iraq War
Who was Hans Christian Andersen's stories for?
Children
What is the phrase used to explain how readers accept magic, talking animals, conflicts, etc. to be natural?
Suspension of Disbelief
Which author-narrator is often considered “The Father of Fairy Tales”?
Giambattista Basile
Where would people gather to tell stories and listen to newly created fairy tales in the late 1600s-early 1700s?
Salon/Ruelles
Who was Giovanni Straparola's primary audience for his collection of tales? (age? class?)
Adults, Upper Class, Literate
List 3 mediums the fairy tale can be told or adapted in, and give 1 example from class for each medium.
Dependent on answer...
Medium: Written, Oral, Film, Video Game, Picture Book, Short story, Poem
Who was known as the "Sun King"?
King Louis XIV (14)
Who was the Grimm Brother’s audience? [Be specific as possible]
Children, families, scholars, Germans, lower-class
Who first coined the term “fairy tale” or “Le Conte de fees”?
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
What are hegemonic and heteronormative fairy-tale characteristics of femininity and masculinity? List at least 3 traits for each.
Femininity: Beautiful, pure, kind, naive, innocent, "princess"/becomes a princess
Masculinity: "Hero," violent, handsome, strong, independent
Define and give 1 example of intertextuality.
The relationship and interrelationship between texts.
An example:
- Ponyo being related to The Little Mermaid (mentioned in ads, people relating it to Disney's)
List the four (4) aspects of Mise-en-scene
Lighting, Staging, Costume/Make-Up, and Setting
Briefly explain the difference between a version and a adaptation - give an example of each from the same ATU type.
Versions are independent, and can work alone and told as its own story.
Adaptations: Deliberate changes are made on a recognized and familiar narrative
Creator assumes the audience can recognize the tale they are reshaping
Dependent/shaped from versions
Something familiar becoming “new”
What does ATU stand for?
Aarne - Thompson - Uther (the ones who contributed and made up the folklore classification system)
In your own words, define what a parody is and give an example of a parody from class.
“an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect”
Example: Shrek + Enchanted
What are a few key elements (at least 3) in Romantic-Era fairy tales/literature?
Focused on feeling, emotion (over reason), beauty of nature, spiritualism (religion)...
(Second wave) - A draw to nationalism + pride in one’s nation. Focused on imagination
List 4 of the 8 Ideological State Apparatuses that can influence our ideals/beliefs.
Culture, Religion, Family, Politics, Communications, Education, Legal, Trade Union
Define what a rise tale is. Give one example.
When the hero/protagonist starts out (begins their journey) in poverty/lower class, and gains wealth and possibly royalty through magic or other events throughout the tale.
Most popular example: "The Little Glass Slipper"/Other Cinderella tales (though in a few tales she goes from rich to poverty to rich again) - other examples - Crazy Pietro, Constantino Fortunato
Explain/Define what paratext is. Give 3 examples of paratext.
Paratext: Elements outside the text/story content / Every aspect outside of the story, which gives information or influences how the story/media is read.
Examples: Titles, covers, rewards, authors, actor, cover (pages), dedication pages, etc.
List the 7 Dramatis Personae or Propp’s character types.
Hero, Object, Villain, Magical Helper, Donor, Dispatcher, False Hero
Define what a frame narrative is. Given an example of a frame tale/narrative.
A frame narrative is a story that envelops/contains multiple embedded stories/texts - a story within a story.
Prime examples: Basile's Pentamerone, Straparola's Facetious Nights, Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont's Young Misses Magazine
List 5 different adaptation strategies, and give an example of 1 of the strategies you listed (or multiple depending on your example choice).
(Dependent on the Answer)