LEADER 04651nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910974246703321 005 20240417232203.0 010 $a9780814335727 010 $a0814335721 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048118 035 $a(OCoLC)755631900 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10499870 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11361532 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10528518 035 $a(PQKB)11010624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3416365 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3416365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10499870 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31349225 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31349225 035 $a(Perlego)4160474 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048118 100 $a20080908d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMarvelous geometry $enarrative and metafiction in modern fairy tale /$fJessica Tiffin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aDetroit $cWayne State University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aSeries in fairy-tale studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780814332627 311 08$a0814332625 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Telling Theoretical Tales -- 2. Nice and Neat and Formal: James Thurber -- 3. The Bloodied Text: Angela Carter -- 4. Caught in a Story: A. S. Byatt -- 5. Structured Sword and Sorcery: The Popular Fairy Tales of Lee, Pratchett, and Tepper -- 6. Magical Illusion: Fairy-Tale Film -- 7. "Happily Ever After": Fairy Tale as Popular Parody -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z. 330 8 $aExplores self-consciousness and metafictional awareness in modern fairy tale and its expression across literary fairy tale, popular fairy tale, and fairy-tale film. In Marvelous Geometry Jessica Tiffin argues that within twentieth- and twenty-first-century Western literature there exists a diverse body of fairy-tale texts that display a common thread of metafictional self-awareness. The narrative pattern of these texts is self-conscious, overtly structured, variously fantastical, and, Tiffin argues, easily recognized and interpreted by modern audiences. In this broadly comparative study she explores contemporary fairy-tale fictions found in modern literature and live-action and animated film and television to explore fairy tale's ability to endlessly reinvent itself and the cultural implications of its continued relevance. Tiffin's skilled analysis draws on the critical fields of postmodernism, narratological analysis, stucturalism, feminism, and performativity, without relying solely on any one perspective. She considers important fairy-tale retellings such as the feminist revisions of Angela Carter, the postmodern narratives of A. S. Byatt, as well as fairy tales written for children by James Thurber. She also investigates both popular and high-art films, contrasting Cocteau and Neil Jordan to Hollywood romances and Disney, and analyzes the differences between animated features and live-action productions. Finally, Tiffin uses a case study of the recent successful Shrek films to situate the fairy tale in the twenty-first century as an endlessly adaptable folk narrative that self-consciously and affectionately reflects generic structures and significant cultural assumptions. Marvelous Geometry covers a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar primary texts from a novel and fruitful perspective. Tiffin's focus on the metafictional nature of the fairy tale turns readers' attention to the genre's narrative structure and aesthetic qualities without ever losing sight of the fairy tale's sociocultural impact as powerful marvelous narrative. Scholars of literary and fairy-tale studies will enjoy Tiffin's expansive analysis. 410 0$aSeries in fairy-tale studies. 606 $aFairy tales$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFairy tales in literature 606 $aFairy tales in motion pictures 615 0$aFairy tales$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFairy tales in literature. 615 0$aFairy tales in motion pictures. 676 $a398.2 700 $aTiffin$b Jessica$f1969-$01809177 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974246703321 996 $aMarvelous geometry$94359835 997 $aUNINA