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http://hdl.handle.net/10071/26062| Author(s): | Vaz da Silva, F. |
| Editor: | Nemanja Radulović Smiljana Đorđević Belić |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Title: | Fairy-tale enchantments |
| Book title/volume: | Disenchantment, re-enchantment and folklore genres |
| Pages: | 29 - 42 |
| Reference: | Vaz da Silva, F. (2021). Fairy-tale enchantments. Em Nemanja Radulović, Smiljana Đorđević Belić (Rds.). Disenchantment, re-enchantment and folklore genres (pp. 29-42). Institute of Literature and Arts. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/26062 |
| Keywords: | Contos de fadas -- Fairy tales Allomotifs Enchantment Folk metaphors |
| Abstract: | More than two decades ago the folklorist Isabel Cardigos remarked that the hinge of fairy tales is the cyclical movement in and out of enchantment. I feel that this insight is important, and I propose to briefly explain my understanding of it. First, I mention the importance of using allomotifs to bring out the folk metaphors in fairy tales. Then, I discuss a basic symbolic paern of enchantments at the core of fairy tales. Overall, I add to Vladimir Propp’s statement that the most complete fairy tale is a heroic quest the proposition that the irreducible core of fairy tales hinges on feminine maturation. Along the way, I discuss some metaphors suggestive of the lunar template at the core of fairy tales. |
| Peerreviewed: | yes |
| Access type: | Open Access |
| Appears in Collections: | DA-CLI - Capítulos de livros internacionais |
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