1st Edition
Retelling Stories, Framing Culture Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children's Literature
330 Pages
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Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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What happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, 'oriental' tales, and other stories derived from European cultures. One chapter is devoted to various retellings of classics, from... Read more
Chapter I PRE-TEXTS, METANARRATIVES, AND THE WESTERN METAETHIC Chapter 2 AUTHORITY, WISDOM, AND CULTURAL HERITAGE: BIBLICAL LITERATURE AS PRE-TEXT Chapter 3 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: THE MYSTERY UNDERLYING EVERYDAY THINGS? Chapter 4 DISTINCTION, INDIVIDUALITY, SOCIALITY: PATTERNS FOR A HEROIC LIFE Chapter 5 AN AFFIRMATION OF CIVILIZATION AGAINST BARBARISM: ARTHUR AND ARTHURIANISM IN MEDIEVALIST AND QUASI-MEDIEVAL ROMANCE Chapter 6 THE Boys IN THE GREENWOOD: STORIES OF ROBIN HOOD Chapter 7 FOLKTALE AND METANARRATIVES OF FEMALE AGENCY Chapter 8 THE IDEA OF THE ORIENT: STORIES AND MOTIFS FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Chapter 9 REVERSIONS OF EARLY MODERN CLASSICS
Biography
John Stephens, Robyn McCallum
