complete analysis of fairy-tale using todorov's theory

8/10/2019 Complete Analysis of Fairy-tale Using Todorov's Theory

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mpletean

nalysisoffai

ry-tale

singTodorov's

theory

PatrickBre

nnanLit

tleRedR

iding

Hood


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LittleRedRidingHood LittleRedRidingHood,or

LittleRedRidinghood,also

knownasLittleRedCapor

simplyRedRidingHood,is

anEuropeanfairytale

aboutayounggirlanda

BigBadolf!"hestoryhas

beenchangedconsiderably

initshistoryandsub#ectto

fre$uentmodern

adaptationsandreadings!

"hestorywas%rstpublishedbyCharles

Perrault!


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"odoro&s"heory"odaro&suggestedt

hat

con&entionalnarrati&esare

structuredin%&estages'stateofe$uilibriumattheou

tset

'disruptionofthee$uilibriumby

someaction

'recognitionthattherehasbeen

adisruption'RE()*"E"+E)"-"HE

E./(L(BR(/+"histypeofnarrati&estructureis

&eryfamiliartousandcanbe

appliedtomany0mainstream1%lm

narrati&es


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-ull"ale "hestoryre&ol&esaroundagirlcalledLittleRedRidingHood,afterthered

hoodedcape2inPerrault3sfairytale4orsimplecap2inthe5rimms3&ersion

calledLittleRed6Cap4shewears!

"hegirlwalksthroughthewoodstodeli&erfoodtohersicklygrandmother

2wineandcakedependingonthetranslation4!(nthe5rimm3s3&ersionat

least,shehadtheorderfromhermothertostaystrictlyonthepath!

'meanwolfwantstoeatthegirlandthefoodinthebasket!Hesecretly

stalksherbehindtreesandbushesandshrubsandpatchesoflittlegrass

andpatchesoftallgrass!HeapproachesLittleRedRidingHoodandshe

na7&elytellshimwheresheisgoing!Hesuggeststhegirlpicksome8owers,

whichshedoes!(nthemeantime,hegoestothegrandmother3shouseand

gainsentrybypretendingtobethegirl!Heswallowsthegrandmotherwhole

henthegirlarri&es,shenoticesthathergrandmotherlooks&erystrange!

LittleRedthensays,9hatadeep&oiceyouha&e:929"hebettertogreet

youwith94,95oodness,whatbigeyesyouha&e:929"hebettertoseeyou

with94,9'ndwhatbighandsyouha&e:929"hebettertohug;grabyouwith94,

andlastly,9hatabigmouthyouha&e929"hebettertoeatyouwith:94,at

whichpointthewolf#umpsoutofbed,andswallowsheruptoo!"henhe

fallsasleep!(nCharlesPerrault3s&ersionofthestory2the%rst&ersiontobe

published4,thetaleendshere!Howe&er,inlater&ersionsthestory

continuesgenerallyasfollows


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E$uilibrium "he%rstpartofthetale

willin&ol&eacharacter

andtheirnormalstatus

$uoandmayin&ol&ea

descriptionoftheir

normale&erydaylife

andnormaloccurences

theyha&etodealwith

e&eryday!"hiscan

continueforalong

lengthoftime>untila

disturbancearri&es

i


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isturbance"hedisturbanceinthefairyt

aleiswhen

themeanwolfentersthesceneand wants

toeatthegirlandthefoodinthebasket!

Hesecretlystalksherbehindtreesand

bushesandshrubsandpatchesoflittle

grassandpatchesoftallgrass!He

approachesLittleRedRidingHoodandshe

na7&elytellshimwheresheisgoing!He

suggeststhegirlpicksome8owers,which

shedoes!(nthemeantime,hegoestothe

grandmother3shouseandgainsentryby

pretendingtobethegirl!Heswallowsthe

grandmotherwhole!"hereisanob&ious

disturbanceasthetalewas8owing

pleasantly>theaudiencecanseethat

thereisa&erydramaticdisruptionasthe

wolfmo&esin,ifthiswastobeshownina

production,thebackgroundand

surroundingswoulddi&ulgeintodreariness

andtheatmospherewouldbe&erytense

asitisshowninthedepictiontoourleft!


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Recognition etheaudiencedistingu

ishthatthe

wolfisadisturbanceearlyonhowe&er

Littleredis#u&enileandhasfaithinthe

wolfscons,sheonly%ndsoutwhenshe

reacheshergrandmotherhenthegirl

arri&es,shenoticesthather

grandmotherlooks&erystrange!Little

Redthensays,9hatadeep&oiceyou

ha&e:99"hebettertogreetyouwith9,

95oodness,whatbigeyesyouha&e:9

9"hebettertoseeyouwith9,9'nd

whatbighandsyouha&e:99"hebetter

tohug;grabyouwith9,andlastly,

9hatabigmouthyouha&e99"he

bettertoeatyouwith:9,atwhichpoint

thewolf#umpsoutofbed,and

swallowsheruptoo!"henhefalls

asleep!)owe&erybodyrecognisesthat

adisturbancehashappened!


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eturnfE$uilibrium'lumber#ackcomestoth

erescueand

withhisa=ecutsopenthesleeping

wolf!LittleRedRidingHoodandher

grandmotheremergeunharmed!"hey

then%llthewolf3sbodywithhea&y

stones!"hewolfawakensandtriesto

8ee,butthestonescausehimto

collapseanddie!9LittleRedRiding

Hood9illustrationby'rthurRackham!

"hee$uilibriumdoesn1treturn

immediatelyinthesensethat

e&erythingisbacktonormalhowe&er

inlittleredridinghoodswaythemain

e$uilibriumisthesafetyofherself

2beginninge$uilibriumonthepath

safe4,nowthatthelumber#ackis

battlingorsa&ingherthee$uilibrium

returnsinasense!


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Conclusion "hetalemakestheclearestcontrast

betweenthesafee$uilibriaworld

ofthe

&illageandthedisturbance,maliciousnessdangers

oftheforest,con&entionalantithesesthatare

essentiallymedie&al!

complete analysis of fairy-tale using todorov's theory

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