Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale

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dc.contributor.authorTiffin, Jessicaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:15:59Z
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:15:59Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 190-201.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite the age of the fairy-tale tradition, and its focus on fairly primitive aspects of human experience, fairy tale is able to adapt itself to a range of cultures and contexts, including numerous examples in the twentieth century. Various authors and film-makers are reasserting the power and value of the fairy tale as a response even to the uncertain and ironic experience of contemporary culture. The suitability of fairy tale to modern texts rests partially in its qualities of inherentmetafictionality, the extent to which it self-consciously denies mimesis. This gives it particular relevance to postmodernism, as does the structuredness which facilitates self-aware play with genre. At the same time, the status of oral fairy tale as a folk form connects interestingly with postmodernism's blurring of the boundaries between high and low culture. This has particular implications for the presence of fairy tale within texts traditionally considered as popular culture, herethe fantasy/science fiction ghetto, and the Hollywood film. This thesis chooses to focus on texts which attempt to write actual fairy tale, rather than those which use fairy-tale motifs thematically. In making this distinction, attention is paid to particular aspects of recognisable fairy-tale texture, that is, overall effect, which relies on elements of pattern, structure, simplification, symbolism, ahistorisicim, the construction of a removed and marvellous world, and a tone of certainty which necessitates a response of accepting wonder in the reader.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTiffin, J. (2003). <i>Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7963en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTiffin, Jessica. <i>"Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7963en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTiffin, J. 2003. Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Tiffin, Jessica AB - Despite the age of the fairy-tale tradition, and its focus on fairly primitive aspects of human experience, fairy tale is able to adapt itself to a range of cultures and contexts, including numerous examples in the twentieth century. Various authors and film-makers are reasserting the power and value of the fairy tale as a response even to the uncertain and ironic experience of contemporary culture. The suitability of fairy tale to modern texts rests partially in its qualities of inherentmetafictionality, the extent to which it self-consciously denies mimesis. This gives it particular relevance to postmodernism, as does the structuredness which facilitates self-aware play with genre. At the same time, the status of oral fairy tale as a folk form connects interestingly with postmodernism's blurring of the boundaries between high and low culture. This has particular implications for the presence of fairy tale within texts traditionally considered as popular culture, herethe fantasy/science fiction ghetto, and the Hollywood film. This thesis chooses to focus on texts which attempt to write actual fairy tale, rather than those which use fairy-tale motifs thematically. In making this distinction, attention is paid to particular aspects of recognisable fairy-tale texture, that is, overall effect, which relies on elements of pattern, structure, simplification, symbolism, ahistorisicim, the construction of a removed and marvellous world, and a tone of certainty which necessitates a response of accepting wonder in the reader. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale TI - Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7963 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTiffin J. Marvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7963en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleMarvellous geometry : narrative and metafiction in modern fairy taleen_ZA
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