C LIT 128A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bruno Bettelheim, Wilhelm Grimm, Sigmund Freud
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Polarizations of the fairy tale are positive for the child. Reality principle in contrast to the pleasure principle (optimistic) Future-oriented sexuality & family gender roles. Testing situations similar situations (talking to a wolf won"t happen literally but talking to a stranger is similar) Generic names (vs. names of myths long greek names) For sigmund freud (1856-1939), children achieve maturity once they stop living by the pleasure principle. Pleasure principle driven by the id (responsible for all desires) Superego: determine how an individual should behave (ideal behavior) Ego: mediates between the id & superego. Id: inappropriate desires that don"t take into account how others might respond. Little red riding hood: 2 characters abiding by the pleasure principle. The girl took the longer path & she enjoyed herself by gathering nuts, runnings after butterflies, & making bouquets of flowers that she found along the way (343/126) Girl not old enough to be out on her own.
