The Brothers Grimm & Their Critics: Folktales and the Quest for MeaningCritics of the Grimms' folktales have often imposed narrow patriotic, religious, moralistic, social, and pragmatic meanings of their stories, sometimes banning them altogether from nurseries and schoolrooms. In this study, Kamenetsky uses the methodology of the folklorist to place the folktale research of the Grimms within the broader context of their scholarly work in comparative linguistics and literature. |
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... believe in the fixed wording of an Urmärchen that would prescribe the exact wording for all tales that followed its example . They also rejected the idea of rote memory and a mechanical recital . Believing that traditional storytelling ...
... believe in the fixed wording of an Urmärchen that would prescribe the exact wording for all tales that followed its example . They also rejected the idea of rote memory and a mechanical recital . Believing that traditional storytelling ...
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... believe that the Grimms searched exclusively for folktale variants in the myths and sagas of the Nordic Germanic tradi- tion . In some German tales ( as well as in Perrault's ) the Grimms noted primarily a strong Italian influence ...
... believe that the Grimms searched exclusively for folktale variants in the myths and sagas of the Nordic Germanic tradi- tion . In some German tales ( as well as in Perrault's ) the Grimms noted primarily a strong Italian influence ...
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... believe that excellent qualities are just as rare in this genre of literature as in all other ones . Every good nurse shall entertain children , or at least calm them down and put them to sleep . If she manages to accomplish this ...
... believe that excellent qualities are just as rare in this genre of literature as in all other ones . Every good nurse shall entertain children , or at least calm them down and put them to sleep . If she manages to accomplish this ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM | 9 |
THE HISTORY OF THE KINDER UND HAUSMÄRCHEN | 39 |
THE GRIMMS THEORY AND PRACTICE OF FOLKTALE COLLECTIONS | 53 |
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