CHARLES PERRAULT AND THE CONTEXT OF HIS CREATION; INTEGRATION IN HIS EPOCH; NARRATIVE STRATEGIES
CHARLES PERRAULT AND THE CONTEXT OF HIS CREATION; INTEGRATION IN HIS EPOCH; NARRATIVE STRATEGIES

Summary/Abstract: Perrault impregnated to his work mentions and explanations of the 17th century life. Thereby, he succeeded to put old texts, the oral folk tales, in the modern context of that period. Secondly, other tales were influenced by parts of earlier writings: The Decameron by Boccaccio and the Golden Ass by Apuleius, and last, the other tales are his original creation. Charles Perrault, in writing his fairy tales, was motivated to create his work for the amusement of his children. During the last three hundred years, Perrault’s tales became the most influential works in literature of children. In her works, Angela Carter uses magical realism and postmodern elements: fantasy, intertextuality, myths and gothic elements. She shares her opinions on feminism in his novels, short stories in which she puts certain elements of traditional tales, she achieves a woman empowerment, a sort of invitation for the women to fight for equal rights, freedom, against the male dominant society.

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