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- Title
The Invention of Fairy Tales.
- Authors
VAZ DA SILVA, FRANCISCO
- Abstract
Ruth B. Bottigheimer has contended that a specific literary man invented the fairy-tale genre less than five centuries ago. This article is a critical examination of her claim. It interrogates the axioms underlying Bottigheimer's proposition, probes the logical consistency of her account, and surveys Bottigheimer's use of empirical evidence. It concludes that while Bottigheimer's proposition is a healthy challenge to folklorists who would disregard literary texts as a matter of principle, her assumptions, reasoning, and conclusions leave much to be desired.
- Subjects
EUROPE; FAIRY tales -- History &; criticism; BOTTIGHEIMER, Ruth B., 1939-; FAIRY Godfather: Straparola, Venice &; the Fairy Tale Tradition (Book); STRAPAROLA, Giovanni Francesco; FOLKLORE -- Methodology; EUROPEAN folk literature; EUROPEAN folklore; FOLKLORISTS
- Publication
Journal of American Folklore, 2010, Vol 123, Issue 490, p398
- ISSN
0021-8715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/jamerfolk.123.490.0398