Levorato Language and Gender in the Fairy Tale Tradition

A Linguistic Analysis of Old and New Story-Telling
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-230-50387-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Education (R0)

Much research has been done on the social messages conveyed to children reading or listening to fairy tales. In this highly original study, the emphasis shifts from content to linguistic expression. The language and linguistic organization of a dozen versions, old and new, of the Little Red Riding Hood story are analyzed using a variety of theoretical approaches, including Critical Discourse Analysis, Conversational Analysis, Functional Grammar and Critical Stylistics, to uncover the contribution of fairy tales to the discourse of gender relations over time.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levorato, Alessandra

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Exploring Gender Issues in Fairy Tales Words, Gender and Power The Representation of Social Practice Ideology and the Clause: The System of Transitivity Gender and the Ideological Constitution of Subjects Intertextuality, Ideology and the Tendencies of Change Conclusions Afterword Appendix Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

ALESSANDRA LEVORATO teaches at the University of Florence, Italy.