ENG 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vladimir Propp, Stith Thompson, Bruno Bettelheim
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Enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairytales, 1976) Lrrh wasn"t saved and he thought that wasn"t good for children. This is where the child creates a substitute or evil parent that is occupying the body of the real parent and in the case of lrrh, the wolf symbolizes the evil grandmother. Believes that sleeping beauty represents menstruation when sleeping beauty pricks her finger, bleeds and falls asleep. Says that sleeping is needed for children"s growth and that children need passive downtime in the midst of all the action they are involved in. He thinks that when the prince kisses her and wakes her up, it symbolizes sex. He recommends that if you tell fairytales to your children not to read them the story out of a book but tell the story instead. Says that cinderella gives a voice to that inner fear and helps children deal with it. *these 3 people created classifications systems of stories based on their motifs.
