ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tums, Andrea Dworkin, Wilhelm Grimm
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Engb35 lecture 2 little red riding hood and cinderella. Charles perrault histories ou contes du temps pass avec des moralites (1697): Fairy tales weren"t originally written for children: oral folklore. Perrault: tales told by governesses and grandmother to little children (preface) Mother goose figure telling stories to children. Set up a contrast between the origins. It may be said that a little experience in life would soon convince them that fairies, and giants, and enchanters, aren"t to be met with in the world. Why should we vitiate their taste, and spoil their appetitie, by suffering them to feed upon sweetmeats? (maria edgeworth, the parent"s assistant (1796): early move to romanticism, rational subject. Psychologists: help children deal with their psychological or unconscious drives, sort of therapeutic. I say, wolf but there are various kinds of wolves. There are also those who are charming, quiet, polite, unassuming, complacent, and sweet, who pursue young women at home and in the streets.
