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Spiel um Leben und Tod in georgischen Volksmärchen

Author(s): Elene Gogiashvili / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

The article gives an account of Georgian folktales and traditional children’s games, representing the fight between light and darkness. An overview of folkloric material outlines the characteristics and transformations of some archaic motifs in magic tales, realistic tales and traditional games. This article shows how a mythological motif can be transformed in folk traditions and what correlation may folktales have with children’s games.

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„Wenn ich nur wüsste, wie es ist, wenn man ganz arm ist …“

Author(s): Ewelina Michta / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

The aim of this study was the analysis of a fairy tale from the cycle of sagas and fairy tales from Berlin entitled "Das Märchen von der Prinzessin, die das Hungern lernen wollte". The story concerns the reckless game of Princess Charlotte with her fate. An examination of the empirical material revealed that the protagonist was exposed to a learning process on her courageous journey, from which she learned an important lesson. The theme of the fairy tale can therefore have a meaning for the real life of the reader, which consists in the universal educational role.

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Märchen im Spiel? Spiel mit Märchen? Zum polnischen Opernschaffen in dem Großen Theater – der Nationaloper

Author(s): Małgorzata Kosacka / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

The paper aims to present the results of studies on a fairy-tale drama based on the repertoire of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw. The author tries to describe the development of the genre and the typology of its forms, and to compare its structural features in order to present the tradition of the poetics of a fairy-tale drama at the Polish National Opera.

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Die Welt als Bühne und Darstellung

Author(s): Andrey Kotin / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

The article focuses on the metamorphosis of the fairy tale "Puss in Boots", both in Perrault’s and Grimm Brothers’ versions, transformed into a theatrical performance by Ludwig Tieck, a legendary German Romanticist. The most important topics to be discussed in this context include those of literature and other art forms dealing with the play-like nature of reality and the multifunctional, interactive triad “Player–Spectator–Author.”

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Märchenhafte Elemente und kulturkritische Aspekte in Heinrich Federers Kurzprosatexten "Wie Bruder Klaus lesen lehrt" und "Vater und Sohn im Examen"

Author(s): Marzena Górecka / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

Heinrich Federer was a Swiss writer whose short stories were bestsellers. The sociocritical aspect of his short prose is discussed in the article, drawing upon two of his stories. The analysis is intended to show that in his social criticism Federer uses means of expression and categories typical of the fairy-tale genre, such as contradictions or dreams. In the first text the author sketches the idyllically situated hermitage of the uneducated title protagonist, standing in opposition to the outside world.

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"Little Allies": Hermynia Zur Mühlens Märchen als phantasievolle Lernspiele

Author(s): Christiane Baumann / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

Zur Mühlen is known as the most important German-speaking author of proletarian fairy tales. This essay examines the concept of propaganda and the meaning of play in her writing style, which not only set the theme for her fairy tales throughout the 1920s, but also for her last fairy-tale collection, Littles Allies, which was neglected by researchers. This article debunks the widespread theory that Zur Mühlen gave up her leftist beliefs and returned to her Catholic roots while in exile.

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„Waldsterben als letztes Märchen“

Author(s): Mirosław Ossowski / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

This article is about the influence of the fairy tales of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm on the literary work of Günter Grass, especially on the novel "The Rat". The play with fairy-tale motifs in dealing with the problem of the dying forests of Germany is analysed. The subject of the study is a film draft in the novel with fairy-tale characters and the Brothers Grimm.

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„Die Welt der Erscheinung ist für sie nur ein Spiel“

Author(s): Marek Jakubów / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

Martin Mosebach’s drama "Rotkäppchen und der Wolf" (2006) harks back to Ludwig Tieck’s fairy tale. For Mosebach, the destruction of the depicted world, characteristic of this Romantic genre and often interpreted as a harbinger of the postmodern game, is not a means of unmasking conventionalised patterns. The writer uses them to create a multilayered structure, analogous to Baroque antithesis, which indicates complicated connections and hidden meanings.

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Play and Literature: "Ludus" in Michael Ende’s "Der Spiegel im Spiegel"

Author(s): Małgorzata Filipowicz / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

In the present paper, the terms ‘game’ and ‘play’ are used interchangeably and analysed on the basis of "Der Spiegel im Spiegel" by Michael Ende (1986). In this collection of short stories, the exploration of play with reference to the form, structure and composition of the work of literature should only be considered as a side issue, since play as “cultural record” or Bakhtinian dialogism appears to occupy a central role here.

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Märchen im Dienst der Kriminalprävention

Author(s): Ewelina Kamińska-Ossowska / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

The article examines texts from the brochure "Es war einmal … das Internet. 5 moderne Märchen über 5 moderne Problembereiche" (2015), published by the Swiss Crime Prevention SKP. This essay attempts to show the specifics of these texts, their connection with traditional fairy tales and with the processes of social modernisation, their intended function, and how they can influence and warn children of modern dangers.

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In Memory of Granny Weatherwax

Author(s): Bartłomiej Błaszkiewicz / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

The article concerns the evolution of the character of Granny Weatherwax, one of the central creations of the Discworld comic fantasy series by the British author Terry Pratchett. The argument attempts to trace the progressive development of the character against the ever more complex narrative techniques adopted by Pratchett in the successive novels, and also in the context of the author’s growing sophistication in tackling major existential themes in his fiction.

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Kunstprügelei, Grimm-Inspiration und Märchenspiele à la Eulenspiegel

Author(s): Maciej Jędrzejewski / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

This essay shows the literary references to fairy-tale motifs in the work of the Austrian writer Clemens Setz. The references reflect the programmatic aspects of the author. That is, among other things, the portrayal of the inhumanity of society and the literary concept of portraying the abnormal as normal. Setz also makes a reference to the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale, which is analysed in the article.

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Wie der Abgestoßene zum Auserwählten und der Isolierte zum Allverbundenen wird

Author(s): Katarzyna Grzywka-Kolago / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

According to the theory of the Swiss folktale scholar Max Lüthi, the genre is characterised by the so-called abstract style. Its central features include ‘isolation’ and ‘extreme contrasts.’ The purpose of the paper is to prove the hypothesis that the abstract style is an important narrative facet of Hanns-Josef Ortheil’s novel "Das Kind, das nicht fragte" (2012). This is most apparent in the composition of principal and secondary characters, but also in the creation of space.

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„Das seltsame Königsmärchen…“. Zur Bedeutung des Märchen-Narrativs im Roman "Sehnsucht ins Reich" von Willibald Köhler

Author(s): Nina Nowara-Matusik / Language(s): German Publication Year: 0

The subject of this article is the novel "Sehnsucht ins Reich" (1933) by Willibald Köhler, which is interpreted in terms of the meaning that the fairy tale plays in it. The analysis focuses on the question of Upper Silesian identity, illustrated by “The Strange King’s Tale…” It shows that the writer creates in the novel a vague identity that does not lend itself to national categorisation.

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Michael Köhlmeiers alter/neuer Märchenschatz

Author(s): Marek Jakubów / Language(s): German Publication Year: 0

Disruption in the continuity of cultural memory raises questions about the meaning of tradition and possible methods of its preservation. In his publishing project "Die Märchen" (2019), Michael Köhlmeier sets out to tell fairy tales in an innovative manner, using intertextual referencing to link traditional motifs to contemporary subject matter. Moreover, he creates identification patterns, which allow the reader to both identify with their own cultural tradition and reflect critically on its defining modes of thinking.

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Mating Habits of the Common Draccus: Community and the Subversion of the Dragon Theme in "The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller’s Chronicle") by Patrick Rothfuss

Author(s): Maria Błaszkiewicz / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The purpose of this paper is to explore the subversive folk-tale conventions of overcoming the monster in the unfinished fantasy cycle "The Kingkiller’s Chronicle" by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss, where an intriguing dragon episode in the first part of the series, "The Name of the Wind", calls for an interpretation and invites the reader to use it as a key to the understanding of the nature of the narrative. The significance of the community as both a character in the story and the narratee of the fairy tale seems to be a major clue in the present investigation.

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From Chronicle to Fairy Tale: On the Transformation of the Story of the Harrenhal Tourney in George R.R. Martin’s "A Song of Ice and Fire"

Author(s): Bartłomiej Błaszkiewicz / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This paper is concerned with the role and significance of the fairy-tale narrative in the feudal heroic society depicted in George R.R. Martin’s heroic fantasy saga – "A Song of Ice and Fire". Specifically, the analysis traces the process of the evolution of the historical account concerning the momentous events which take place during the fabled tournament at Harrenhal in 281 AC and which determine the subsequent history of Martin’s fantasy world. The paper compares the historical narrative included in the chronicle The World of Ice and Fire, which reappears in the form of scattered personal reminiscences of various eyewitness characters who recall the events throughout the saga, to Meera Reed’s fairy-tale version of the story told to Bran Stark during their strenuous journey north. The aim of the argument is to illustrate the process by which the transformation of historical events into a fairy tale is presented in Martin’s fantasy narrative and to define the social context of this literary evolution.

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Märchenträume der Gesellschaft. Jakob Arjounis "Idioten. Fünf Märchen"

Author(s): Maciej Jędrzejewski / Language(s): German Publication Year: 0

This article examines Jakob Arjouni’s short-story collection "Idioten. Fünf Märchen" in the context of its socio-critical orientation and the fairy-tale elements it contains. "Idioten. Fünf Märchen" is not a fairy tale in the typical sense of the genre, but it does have fairy-tale elements. The work criticises society and has a didactic orientation.

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Märchenhelden in moderner Gesellschaft – "Grrrimm" von Karen Duve

Author(s): Ewelina Kamińska-Ossowska / Language(s): German Publication Year: 0

Karen Duve’s book "Grrrimm" (published in 2012) comprises five fairy tales based on texts of the Brothers Grimm. An attempt is made to examine the specificity of these postmodern texts, such as the influence of the Grimms’ original, their “representation,” that is, their connection with the processes of social modernisation. Among the social problems mentioned are: atypical family relationships, sexuality and bizarre ideas of love.

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„[...] und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute“. Parodie in "Prinzessin Rosenblüte" von Kirsten Boie

Author(s): Małgorzata Filipowicz / Language(s): German Publication Year: 0

In this article, the aim of the analysis is to examine parody as a comic technique in "Prinzessin Rosenblüte" by Kirsten Boie. The characters of folk tales are analysed: a princess, a fairy, a king and a prince in their new parody in a contemporary fairy tale for children by Kirsten Boie. Parody concerns not only the stereotypical incarnations of the characters of folk tales, but also other motifs, forms and narrative structures of fairy tales, which in Boie’s contemporary fairy tale are shown in a caricatured light. Although the fairy-tale convention has been parodied, it is a buffer construction, thanks to which the young reader’s confrontation with the social, cultural and political dilemmas of the modern world is easily perceptible to his or her psyche.

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