Original scientific paper

FAIRY TALES AS A FORERUNNER OF EUROPEAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: CROSS-BORDER FAIRY TALE MATERIALS AND FAIRY TALE MOTIFS

Hans-Jörg Uther ; Arbeitsstelle der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Deutschland

Abstract

Due to the Romantic movement there was a growing attention for
recording oral tradition. Pedagogues advocating an independent
literature for children recognized the importance of folktales
especially for the mediation of bourgeois virtues and social norms.
Influenced by the stilistic model of the Brother Grimm's Household
Tales and as a result of the propagation of national literatures, a
broad range of application within the printed and pictorial media
developed in European countries. Folktales as a products of the mass
culture possess multiple applicability. This paper deals with
different spheres of application and outlines the functions of
folktales as popular reading material.

Keywords

oral literature; children's literature; fairy tales; folktales; Grimm; popular culture

Hrčak ID:

33377

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/33377

Publication date:

4.6.2001.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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