Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Kemptner, Dorothy Jeanine Author's Email Address kemptners@comcast.net URN etd-07222009-140233 Title Sleeping Beauty and Her Many Relatives Degree Master of Arts Department Modern and Classical Languages Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Robin Huff Committee Chair Dr. Stephen Carey Committee Member Keywords
- Jane Yolen
- Fairytale
- Grimm Brothers
- Sleeping Beauty
- Little Briar-Rose
- Dornröschen
- Märchen
- Disney
- Children’s literature
- Holocaust literature
Date of Defense 2009-07-01 Availability unrestricted Abstract The Grimm Brothers’ Little Briar-Rose is a beloved fairytale, which is more commonly known as Sleeping Beauty. What began as a Volksmärchen, is now a world famous and beloved Kunstmärchen. The Brothers collected and adapted the tale, incorporating their own literary style, helping to develop a literary Germanic cultural history. In this thesis I analyze how the tale evolves from the original oral tale to the literary story, and how various perspectives of culture and authors, with particular audiences in mind, adapt their versions. Historical background of the Grimms and their influences, an analysis of how the story was revised by the Grimms in the 1812 and 1857 editions, how American children’s versions compare to the Grimms’ version and how Jane Yolen’s version of Sleeping Beauty meets the structural and cultural expectations of the Grimms’ tale are examined.Files
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