LEADER 04134oam 2200661I 450 001 9910463424703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-35775-2 010 $a1-283-96226-8 010 $a1-136-60150-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203357750 035 $a(CKB)2670000000325172 035 $a(EBL)1111541 035 $a(OCoLC)826854940 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820812 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11446385 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820812 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10864240 035 $a(PQKB)10057258 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1111541 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1111541 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10648026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL427476 035 $a(OCoLC)828736773 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000325172 100 $a20130331d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRetelling stories, framing culture $etraditional story and metanarratives in children's literature /$fJohn Stephens, Robyn McCallum 210 1$aNew York :$cGarland Pub.,$d1998. 215 $a1 online resource (320 pages) 225 1 $aGarland reference library of the humanities$aChildren's literature and culture ;$vv. 1975. ;$vv. 5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-83614-X 311 $a0-8153-1298-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPre-texts, metanarratives, and the western methaethic -- Authority, wisdom, and cultural heritage: biblical literature as pre-text -- Classical mythology: the mystery underlying everyday things? -- Distinction, individuality, sociality: patterns for a heroic life -- An affirmation of civilization against barbarism: Arthur and Arthurianism in medievalist and quasi-medieval romance -- The boys in the Greenwood: stories of Robin Hood -- Folktale and metanarratives of female agency -- The idea of the orient: stories and motifs from the Arabian Nights -- Reversions of early modern classics. 330 $aWhat happens to traditional stories when they are retold in another time and cultural context and for a different audience? This first-of-its-kind study discusses Bible stories, classical myths, heroic legends, Arthurian romances, Robin Hood lore, folk tales, 'oriental' tales, and other stories derived from European cultures. One chapter is devoted to various retellings of classics, from Shakespeare to ""Wind in the Willows."" The authors offer a general theory of what motivates the retelling of stories, and how stories express the aspirations of a society. An important function of stories is to introduce children to a cultural heritage, and to transmit a body of shared allusions and experiences that expresses a society's central values and assumptions.However, the cultural heritage may be modified through a pervasive tendency of retellings to produce socially conservative outcomes because of ethnocentric, androcentric and class-based assumptions in the source stories that persist into retellings.Therefore, some stories, such as classical myths, are particularly resistant to feminist reinterpretations, for example, while other types, such as folktales, are more malleable.In examining such possibilities, the book evaluates the processes of interpretation apparent in retellings. 410 0$aGarland reference library of the humanities ;$vv. 1975. 410 0$aGarland reference library of the humanities.$pChildren's literature and culture ;$vv. 5. 606 $aChildren's literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren$xBooks and reading 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildren's literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren$xBooks and reading. 676 $a809/.89282 700 $aStephens$b John$f1944-,$0889171 701 $aMcCallum$b Robyn$0602700 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463424703321 996 $aRetelling stories, framing culture$92177835 997 $aUNINA