Naslov
Narrative Space in the Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Case of “The Frog King”

Autori
Kujundžić, Nada

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Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Narratology and Its Discontents: Narrating Beyond Narration / - Zagreb, 2017, 64-64

Skup
Narratology and Its Discontents: Narrating Beyond Narration

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 06.04.2017. - 08.04.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
fairy tale, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Kinder- und Hausmärchen, narrative space, “The Frog King”

Sažetak
The research on fairy tales has so far shown limited interest in narrative space. Seeing that fairy tales provide very little information on individual spaces (typically established in the broadest of terms, e.g. a forest, a far-away land), most scholars dismiss the fairy-tale space as irrelevant, a mere background for the action, which is only mentioned because the story has to take place somewhere. The present research challenges this notion and argues for the relevance of narrative space on the level of both structure and content. Moreover, the research claims that the organisation of narrative space featured in fairy tales sets them apart from other short prose narrative genres. Theoretically and methodologically rooted in narratology and relying on the existing models of studying narrative space (e.g. Zoran, 1984 ; Ronen, 1986 ; Ryan, 2012), the presentation will explore the function and structure of narrative space in fairy tales. The analysis will specifically focus on “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich” (Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich), the first tale published in Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms’ collection of stories, Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children’s and household tales, 1812/15– 1857). A space-oriented reading of the fairy tale will examine the role of space in establishing characters, their relationships and role in the story, as well as the organisation of the plot and the structure of the narrative, with special emphasis on the structure and interaction of the magical and non-magical domain. Based on the findings of the close reading of the selected tale, the presentation will propose that the function and organisation of the narrative space in fairy tales sets this particular genre apart from other short prose narrative genres featured in the Grimms’ collection (animal tales, legends, religious tales, humorous tales, etc.).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Znanost o umjetnosti

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