GER 1502 1nd Edition Exam 2 Study Guide Lectures 9 17 Girls coming of Age Changing functions of tales Audience and Purpose Changing ideas of a young woman s coming of age Little Red Riding Hood Different versions Arpad Schidhammer Moritz von Schwind Gustav Dore Differences the abilities of the protagonist morals and didactic functions mothers counsel cannibalism Interpretations Solar mythology Britain Sun Psychoanalytic Scholars Pregnancy Envy 3rd Reich Germans and Jews Recent American Interpretation Rape Bettelheim Problems of puberty Sexual competition with older woman Split Male figure Rebirth new awareness Little Briar Rose Vs The Sun Moon and Talia Impregnation while asleep Extra marital affair Deceived wife Revenge Cannibalism Crab Frog and Fairies vs Wise men How is she awakened Sleeping Beauty Natural Processes Maturation Menstruation Seasons Inevitability of Fate Bettleheim Latency King s efforts to prevent maturation Sexual fulfillment Premature sexual arousal Spinning Spinning as domain of women Marriage prospects Social environment telling tales Ambivalent attitudes towards Historical changes in spinning Two tendencies of spinning tales Folktale anti work ethic Fairy tale pro work ethic Tales Rumplestiltskin turns straw into gold trades gold for a baby control of spinning ambivalence towards male figures women s role is reproduction Habitrot The Three Spinning Women Opposition of diligence laziness Changing role of women beauty vs labor Boys becoming men Traits of courage independence and survival skills Social position is usually the same poor the underdog Magical Help Splits or Conflict between conflicting motivations Marriage as a sign of manhood Boys leave and go to a different place Iron Hans Wild Man Tales Origins India Roman Empire Grimms Medieval Christian Europe Creature is murdering people connected to nature Differences from earlier Versions Associations with Wild Man Robert Bly Iron John 1990 Iron Hans identity crisis gold ball and golden apple coming to terms with conflicting motivations split part of the boy s psyche wild man vs composed man Blood Brothers Values important for Maturation Psychological Interpretation Bettelheim Two brothers one psyche split in two World of Adventure vs World of Home Resolution at the end No traditional weddings at the end Jack and the Beanstalk Jack the Giant Killer Differences in today s version from more familiar version Tale of revenge Moralistic tale Male development under female guidance he always asks his mother for permission Females are playing a bigger role Amorality of folktales Bettelheim Based on traditional version of tale Transition out of Oral Phase into Phallic Phase and beyond Beanstalk episode as Jack s dream Giants as Oedipal projections Resolution of Oedipal conflict at the end Coming of Age Boys Differences from Girls Social and anti social impulses Courage independence etc Patriarchal Authority Simpleton Lower Class figures There is always a mentor to help Not Morality but Success The Flying Ship The Rabbit Herd Common features Simpleton King and daughter impossible task King s reluctance to give away daughter Help from older mentor 3 Impossible tasks Interpretation Respect for elderly father figure Conflict with authoritative father figure The Swineherd who Married a Princess Compare Contrast with Rabbit Herd tale No Oedipal Conflict Socio Political Conflict Sexual Test of maturation Rite of passage to adulthood for both woman and man Man convinces woman to lift up her dress sees a birthmark and then tells the King of where the birthmark is to gain the Kingdom The Blue Light Compare Contrast with other tales Father son conflict Relationship with the Princess Origins of Tale Oedipal vs Parental conflict Similar to Aladdin Animal Brides Bettelheim says that animals sexuality for both genders Problems with Bettelheim Proportion of gendered tales Desire to be human Two incompatible worlds Violation transgression force Authority Social sanction Most Woman animals want to stay animals the struggle of coming to terms with being human The Frog s Skin Contrast w Frog Prince Extra tale at end to prove himself Groom burns skin Visit to the Underworld and learns about different couples couples who love each other too much couples who argue too much and couples who FIND Man learning sexuality and relationships needs female sanction of the marriage The Swan Maidens The Mermaid Wife Plot similarities Interpret individual motifs Animal skin Man controls skin Man loses control over skin Question of authority needs a societal sanction High Culture Hans Christian Andersen The Little Mermaid 1837 Disney The Little Mermaid 1989 Splash 1984 Undine Friedrich de la Motte Fouque Undine 1811 E T A Hoffmann Undine 1816 Ingeborg Bachmann Undine geht Undine Leaves 1961 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake 1876 Animal Bridegrooms Coming to terms with the marriage relationship Female fears within a patriarchal society father enforces promise made Maria Tatar Arranged Marriages Bruno Bettelheim Sexuality Reason for animal form unknown Sorceress changes hero into animal form Father enables heroine to join beast Surrender of a woman s liberty The Frog King The Frog Prince Coming to terms with the marriage relationship Female fears within a patriarchal society Maria Tatar Arranged Marriages Theme of loyalty Bruno Bettelheim Sexuality Reason for animal form unknown Sorceress changes hero into animal form Father enables heroine to join beast The Frog Prince King has three daughters the daughters want the clear water Hans My Hedgehog The Little Donkey Plot similarities Origin of Little Donkey Asinarius 15th Century Rejected child animal vs human Wins princess through clever tricks Music in The Little Donkey Moral keep your word Beast Man Love of wife Burning the skin Cupid and Psych Earliest example of Bridegroom tales Myth Elements common to Animal Bridegrooms Chief difference Reconciliation of physical senses with the spirit and the emotions Girl is tempted by her sisters to look at Cupid and when she does Cupid flees because she has broken the curse She then goes on a hunt to find her husband and finally wins him back Bettelheim Sexual development of woman Narcissism premature desire for knowledge Rebirth Equal Partners Maria Tatar Arranged marriages Woman s independence Patriarchy vs Matriarchy Beauty and the Beast Origins Cupid and Psyche Jeanne Marie LePrince de Beaumont 1756 Straparola The Pig King mid 16th C Basile Pentamerone Perrault Ricky