Genres as repositories of cultural memory
Grounded in social history, this text refocuses the lens through which we look at fairy tales. It examines the tales told by the "conteuses" (French story-telling women in the 1690s) and the late 20th-century tales by women writers that derive in part from this centuries-old tra…
The fairy tale: the magic mirror of the imagination
This text focuses on the ways fundamental principles of the fairy tale tradition are deployed, and hence come to manifest themselves narratively and cinematographically, in anime. Topics covered include modes of storytelling, aesthetics, as well as dramatic, ethical, psychologic…
Billedbog. Tre små grise gemmer sig i hvert sit hus for den store stygge ulv, men kun den gris, der har bygget sit hus af mursten, kan holde ulven fra at blæse det omkuld.
A brilliant and beguiling reimagining of Homer's classic story about the hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy
Hobbitten Frodo forsøger at bringe en magisk ring, der giver uindskrænket magt, frem til Dommedagsbjerget, hvor den skal ødelægges. I eventyrets og mytens form skildres kampen mellem det gode og det onde.
