Abstract:This article examines three fairy-tale texts that foreground women’s roles in Australia. We argue that although Kathleen Jennings’s Flyaway (2020) and Danielle Wood’s Mothers Grimm (2014) and her short story “All Kinds of Fur” (2021) are feminist insofar as they center women’s stories, they are limited by the extent to which they depict women working collaboratively. Although the fairy tale has the potential to disrupt patriarchal norms, these narratives offer constrained stories of women’s lives in which collaboration is possible but often fails to live up to its feminist potential to overturn conservative ideologies of femininity and power.
{"title":"Female Collaboration in Australian Fairy Tales","authors":"S. Hart, Kristine Moruzi","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0032","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article examines three fairy-tale texts that foreground women’s roles in Australia. We argue that although Kathleen Jennings’s Flyaway (2020) and Danielle Wood’s Mothers Grimm (2014) and her short story “All Kinds of Fur” (2021) are feminist insofar as they center women’s stories, they are limited by the extent to which they depict women working collaboratively. Although the fairy tale has the potential to disrupt patriarchal norms, these narratives offer constrained stories of women’s lives in which collaboration is possible but often fails to live up to its feminist potential to overturn conservative ideologies of femininity and power.","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87152925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists by Marina Warner (review)","authors":"Rachel Harris","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0052","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74450815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article foregrounds connections between Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale (2018) and the Grimms’ “The Juniper Tree” to suggest that it can be read as part of an Australian fairy-tale film corpus. It argues that figurations of the fairy-tale genre—namely, motifs, character types, and settings—become a means for the protagonist to work through physical and psychological trauma. In the space of the Australian bush, the protagonist Clare Carroll reflects on her sexual assault and the murder of her family. Both the “The Juniper Tree” and Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Nightingale” use bird songs to heal, rewrite wrongs, and restore social order. The Nightingale taps into the liberating and transformative potential of the fairy-tale genre to communicate traumatic experience, adopting the textual resonances of the songbird figure as a means for Clare to exert justice and overcome the lingering effects of trauma related to Australia’s violent colonial history.
{"title":"Fairy Tales and Colonial Trauma in Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale","authors":"Victoria Tedeschi","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0030","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article foregrounds connections between Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale (2018) and the Grimms’ “The Juniper Tree” to suggest that it can be read as part of an Australian fairy-tale film corpus. It argues that figurations of the fairy-tale genre—namely, motifs, character types, and settings—become a means for the protagonist to work through physical and psychological trauma. In the space of the Australian bush, the protagonist Clare Carroll reflects on her sexual assault and the murder of her family. Both the “The Juniper Tree” and Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Nightingale” use bird songs to heal, rewrite wrongs, and restore social order. The Nightingale taps into the liberating and transformative potential of the fairy-tale genre to communicate traumatic experience, adopting the textual resonances of the songbird figure as a means for Clare to exert justice and overcome the lingering effects of trauma related to Australia’s violent colonial history.","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85320396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Folklore in Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence by Sadhana Naithani (review)","authors":"Elo-Hanna Seljamaa","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84500418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2022 114 essentially “little balls of fat” (Frontier Scientists, 2016). This creates an understanding for the story “The Wife and the Sandpiper,” and the idea that perhaps the arctic sandpiper is not a good bird for soup because of the fat. There are two stories that create lists: “The Sandpiper” and “Bridie-Birdie’s Bow and Arrow.” The former explains the parts of the sandpiper, while the latter shows the connections among the elements of fire, wind, sun, clouds, and rain. Other stories include “Ptichek and His Sister,” which uses a trickster hero to help with survival during a dangerous encounter. In these tales the animals and experiences important to the peoples of Siberia are similar to other tales in the warnings, foibles, and desires, but they also create wonder and curiosity. Does the sandpiper provide shelter for the people or does the story describing his body meet another cultural element? Certainly, hunters are often in dangerous areas, and the story of “Paki the Bear” reveals the hope of those hunters for especially friendly helpers in the woods, while Ptichek and Chi-Chi show the need for clever self-reliance, and “the Cuckoo” warns children to be good to their mothers. In addition to the unique stories, the book is accompanied with illustrations by the well-known Khanty artist, Gennady Raishev. The son of a Khanty hunter, Raishev creates art steeped in the art and stories of his people. each story has a watercolor drawing with stylized decorations. The tall, long-beaked sandpiper, the warmth of the hearth, and the importance of the hunter in the culture are emphasized through the illustrations. Aipin’s little book is an opportunity to pass on the stories of his grandparents and preserve an oral history that few people still know. It is an excellent introduction to Siberian folktales. It will help folk-story lovers add another layer to their understanding of the world of story and will give any reader the opportunity to gain more knowledge of the world. Some may mistake it for a children’s book because it is so small, but a serious folklorist will recognize the complexity of the stories. Children will love it, but if they start asking questions, adults may find it difficult to respond. Judith Gero John Missouri State University
{"title":"The Penguin Book of Mermaids ed. by Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown (review)","authors":"A. Satkunananthan","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0040","url":null,"abstract":"Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, Vol. 36, No. 1, 2022 114 essentially “little balls of fat” (Frontier Scientists, 2016). This creates an understanding for the story “The Wife and the Sandpiper,” and the idea that perhaps the arctic sandpiper is not a good bird for soup because of the fat. There are two stories that create lists: “The Sandpiper” and “Bridie-Birdie’s Bow and Arrow.” The former explains the parts of the sandpiper, while the latter shows the connections among the elements of fire, wind, sun, clouds, and rain. Other stories include “Ptichek and His Sister,” which uses a trickster hero to help with survival during a dangerous encounter. In these tales the animals and experiences important to the peoples of Siberia are similar to other tales in the warnings, foibles, and desires, but they also create wonder and curiosity. Does the sandpiper provide shelter for the people or does the story describing his body meet another cultural element? Certainly, hunters are often in dangerous areas, and the story of “Paki the Bear” reveals the hope of those hunters for especially friendly helpers in the woods, while Ptichek and Chi-Chi show the need for clever self-reliance, and “the Cuckoo” warns children to be good to their mothers. In addition to the unique stories, the book is accompanied with illustrations by the well-known Khanty artist, Gennady Raishev. The son of a Khanty hunter, Raishev creates art steeped in the art and stories of his people. each story has a watercolor drawing with stylized decorations. The tall, long-beaked sandpiper, the warmth of the hearth, and the importance of the hunter in the culture are emphasized through the illustrations. Aipin’s little book is an opportunity to pass on the stories of his grandparents and preserve an oral history that few people still know. It is an excellent introduction to Siberian folktales. It will help folk-story lovers add another layer to their understanding of the world of story and will give any reader the opportunity to gain more knowledge of the world. Some may mistake it for a children’s book because it is so small, but a serious folklorist will recognize the complexity of the stories. Children will love it, but if they start asking questions, adults may find it difficult to respond. Judith Gero John Missouri State University","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81756647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"War, Myths, and Fairy Tales ed. by Sara Buttsworth and Maartje Abbenhuis (review)","authors":"Derek J. Thiess","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74786674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A True Blue Idea by Marina Colasanti (review)","authors":"Theodora Goss","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74431563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article reflects on two key aspects of the writing process for the short story “A Void and a Chasm and a Ruin.” It describes two key strategies the writer uses to think with fairy tales about Australian whiteness and womanhood. First, experimenting with interlacing various traditional narrative forms in ways that draw attention to the ways in which narratives obscure as much as they reveal and preserve while also exploring how the ongoing and iterative processes of storytelling (thinking with stories) can be as destructive as they are productive. Second, extending Jane Tolmie’s critical analysis of “exceptional” female protagonists to the figure of the white woman in Australian colonial narratives.
{"title":"“Not a Dream, but a Harrowing”: Writing a Colonial Fairy Tale","authors":"N. Sulway","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0031","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article reflects on two key aspects of the writing process for the short story “A Void and a Chasm and a Ruin.” It describes two key strategies the writer uses to think with fairy tales about Australian whiteness and womanhood. First, experimenting with interlacing various traditional narrative forms in ways that draw attention to the ways in which narratives obscure as much as they reveal and preserve while also exploring how the ongoing and iterative processes of storytelling (thinking with stories) can be as destructive as they are productive. Second, extending Jane Tolmie’s critical analysis of “exceptional” female protagonists to the figure of the white woman in Australian colonial narratives.","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78885451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mists on the River: Folktales from Siberia by Yeremei Aipin (review)","authors":"J. John","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89768448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Thousand and One Nights: Sources and Transformations in Literature, Arts, and Science ed. by Ibrahim Akel and William Granara (review)","authors":"Adrion Dula","doi":"10.1353/mat.2022.0045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mat.2022.0045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42276,"journal":{"name":"Marvels & Tales-Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90960184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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