Feminist scholarship concerning fairy tales is too limited. While relationships between male and female characters have been explored extensively, this thesis focuses on masculinity as it is performed in interactions between male characters. It aims to bring more justices to traditional fairy tale gender binaries. Using Tony Coles’ Theory of Multiple Dominant Masculinities, this project examines four 17th-19th century animal/monster groom tales, studying male characters in order to understand how masculinity is constructed in selected tales and operates as a dynamic relationship between male characters. While the quest for dominance is often linked to violence, by employing the marvelous as an agent of change, these tales offer utopian perspectives in which shifts in male power occur without violence. The system of masculinity can be unfavorable and restrictive, presenting male characters with limited role options, but in fairy tales this system is also flexible, offering the possibility of change.

Esta dissertação é um estudo sobre a expressividade dos contos de fadas da obra Uma ideia toda azul, de Marina Colasanti. Torna-se inovadora por se tratar de textos curtos, valorizando o fantástico e pelos desfechos de seus contos, diferentes dos tradicionais. Trabalhando com reis, rainhas, príncipes, princesas e unicórnios, a autora utiliza figuras de linguagem que valorizam o texto, tornando cada vez mais encantador e instigante o seu bordado de palavras. Apresentam-se no decorrer do trabalho reflexões acerca das narrativas orais, as teorias referentes aos contos populares, a compreensão de literatura infantil, os contos de fadas, Marina Colasanti na cultura brasileira e a narrativa fantástica, um resumo da obra Uma ideia toda azul, a estilística como base da pesquisa e a essência das figuras de linguagem. Busca-se descrever e analisar as figuras mais produtivas: metáfora, personificação, hipérbole, sinestesia e eufemismo. São recursos linguísticos que conferem aos contos de Colasanti a expressividade que seduz o leitor de todas as idades. A realidade e a fantasia se articulam harmoniosamente em um texto que, ao ressaltar o fantástico, desvela os sentidos universais inerentes ao ser humano de todas as épocas / This thesis is a study on the expressiveness of fairy tales of the work A Whole Blue Idea, by Marina Colasanti. It is innovative because they are short texts, valuing the fantastic and for the outcomes of their stories, different from the traditional. Working with kings, queens, princes, princesses, unicorns, the author uses figures of speech that value the text, making its embroidery of words even more charming and instigating. Reflections about the oral narratives, the theories relating to popular stories, the understanding of childrens literature, fairy tales are present throughout the work, Marina Colasanti in Brazilian culture and the fantastic narrative, a summary of the work A Whole Blue Idea, stylistic as the basis of the research is the essence of figures of speech. It seeks to describe and analyze the most productive figures: metaphor, personification, hyperbole, synesthesia and euphemism. These are linguistic resources which give the tales of Colasanti the expressiveness that seduces the reader of all ages. Reality and fantasy are articulated harmoniously in a text that, to highlight the fantastic, unveils the universal meanings inherent to the human of all times

Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-13T13:27:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-09-11. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2016-01-13T13:32:21Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000855957.pdf: 1797066 bytes, checksum: 2345528bb576bad89dbd87378b62424c (MD5) / Os contos de fadas, por seus elementos fantásticos, costumam estar associados ao universo infantil. No entanto, a gênese dos contos revela que eles pertenceram à tradição oral e foram destinados aos adultos. Na fase escrita, passaram por adaptações até atingir o público infantil. Inseridos em diversas culturas, os contos misturam desde os ritos de passagem até as influências mais modernas contidas nas versões contemporâneas. Por serem considerados um artefato cultural do patrimônio literário, estes contos costumam compor o currículo de Língua Portuguesa das escolas brasileiras. Constituindo-se enquanto abordagem qualitativa, este estudo procurou aliar a realidade destas instituições em relação aos contos de fadas à proposta de refletir sobre as relações de gênero presente nestas histórias e sobre sua incidência em nosso comportamento. A decisão por esse tema adveio da experiência profissional permeada pela necessidade pessoal de buscar aclarar os processos normalizadores que se instituem entre os muros escolares, perpetuando as relações binárias que ali são construídas, bem como em outros espaços institucionais e sociais. Portanto, decidiu-se investigar as percepções das docentes, tanto sobre o significado que estas narrativas representam para elas, como também sobre a metodologia adotada em sala de aula, se contribuem ou não para a reprodução deste desequilíbrio naturalizado entre homens e mulheres. Para delimitar a análise, a pesquisa contou com a participação de seis docentes atuantes nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental I, em uma escola municipal. Objetivando a coleta dos dados, optou-se por realizá-la em três momentos. O primeiro, por meio da entrevista semiestruturada. O segundo consistiu na entrevista projetiva e o último efetivou-se com a entrevista aberta ou em profundidade. Com base nos conceitos metodológicos expressos... / When comes to fairy tales and their own fantastic elements the association with the childhood universe is a common practice. However, the genesis of the stories reveals a link to the oral tradition and were intended for adults. During the written procedure they suffered adaptations to reach the children. Part of different cultures, these tales mix from the rites of passage to the most modern influences shown in the latest versions. As they are considered a cultural artifact of literary heritage, these tales are usually present in the Portuguese curriculum teaching of Brazilian schools. Establishing itself as a qualitative approach, this study had the goal of combine the reality of these institutions in relation to fairy tales to the proposal to reflect on the links of al gender in these stories and about their impact on our behavior. The decision by this theme came from the professional experience permeated by personal need to look for a way to put light at the standard-setting procedures between the school walls, perpetuating the binary intercourses that are built there, as well as in other institutional and social places. This way it was decided to investigate the perceptions of teachers on both the meaning that these narratives represent for them as well as on the methodology used in the classroom, whether they contribute or not to play this perpetuated imbalance between men and women. In order to mark of the analysis, six teachers working in the early grades of the elementary school from a local public school. Having data collection as a goal, it was chosen to do it in three stages. The first through the semi-structured interview. The second consisted in a projective interview and the last was accomplished with the open or in-depth interview. Based on the methodological concepts systematically expressed, it was used as procedure the content analysis and the thematic analysis, in which the ...

Orientador: Célia Regina Rossi / Banca: Débora Raquel da Costa Milani / Banca: Anselmo João Calzolari Neto / Resumo: Os contos de fadas, por seus elementos fantásticos, costumam estar associados ao universo infantil. No entanto, a gênese dos contos revela que eles pertenceram à tradição oral e foram destinados aos adultos. Na fase escrita, passaram por adaptações até atingir o público infantil. Inseridos em diversas culturas, os contos misturam desde os ritos de passagem até as influências mais modernas contidas nas versões contemporâneas. Por serem considerados um artefato cultural do patrimônio literário, estes contos costumam compor o currículo de Língua Portuguesa das escolas brasileiras. Constituindo-se enquanto abordagem qualitativa, este estudo procurou aliar a realidade destas instituições em relação aos contos de fadas à proposta de refletir sobre as relações de gênero presente nestas histórias e sobre sua incidência em nosso comportamento. A decisão por esse tema adveio da experiência profissional permeada pela necessidade pessoal de buscar aclarar os processos normalizadores que se instituem entre os muros escolares, perpetuando as relações binárias que ali são construídas, bem como em outros espaços institucionais e sociais. Portanto, decidiu-se investigar as percepções das docentes, tanto sobre o significado que estas narrativas representam para elas, como também sobre a metodologia adotada em sala de aula, se contribuem ou não para a reprodução deste desequilíbrio "naturalizado" entre homens e mulheres. Para delimitar a análise, a pesquisa contou com a participação de seis docentes atuantes nos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental I, em uma escola municipal. Objetivando a coleta dos dados, optou-se por realizá-la em três momentos. O primeiro, por meio da entrevista semiestruturada. O segundo consistiu na entrevista projetiva e o último efetivou-se com a entrevista aberta ou em profundidade. Com base nos conceitos metodológicos expressos... / Abstract: When comes to fairy tales and their own fantastic elements the association with the childhood universe is a common practice. However, the genesis of the stories reveals a link to the oral tradition and were intended for adults. During the written procedure they suffered adaptations to reach the children. Part of different cultures, these tales mix from the rites of passage to the most modern influences shown in the latest versions. As they are considered a cultural artifact of literary heritage, these tales are usually present in the Portuguese curriculum teaching of Brazilian schools. Establishing itself as a qualitative approach, this study had the goal of combine the reality of these institutions in relation to fairy tales to the proposal to reflect on the links of al gender in these stories and about their impact on our behavior. The decision by this theme came from the professional experience permeated by personal need to look for a way to put light at the standard-setting procedures between the school walls, perpetuating the binary intercourses that are built there, as well as in other institutional and social places. This way it was decided to investigate the perceptions of teachers on both the meaning that these narratives represent for them as well as on the methodology used in the classroom, whether they contribute or not to play this "perpetuated" imbalance between men and women. In order to mark of the analysis, six teachers working in the early grades of the elementary school from a local public school. Having data collection as a goal, it was chosen to do it in three stages. The first through the semi-structured interview. The second consisted in a projective interview and the last was accomplished with the open or in-depth interview. Based on the methodological concepts systematically expressed, it was used as procedure the content analysis and the thematic analysis, in which the ... / Mestre

Esta dissertação é um estudo sobre a expressividade dos contos de fadas da obra Uma ideia toda azul, de Marina Colasanti. Torna-se inovadora por se tratar de textos curtos, valorizando o fantástico e pelos desfechos de seus contos, diferentes dos tradicionais. Trabalhando com reis, rainhas, príncipes, princesas e unicórnios, a autora utiliza figuras de linguagem que valorizam o texto, tornando cada vez mais encantador e instigante o seu bordado de palavras. Apresentam-se no decorrer do trabalho reflexões acerca das narrativas orais, as teorias referentes aos contos populares, a compreensão de literatura infantil, os contos de fadas, Marina Colasanti na cultura brasileira e a narrativa fantástica, um resumo da obra Uma ideia toda azul, a estilística como base da pesquisa e a essência das figuras de linguagem. Busca-se descrever e analisar as figuras mais produtivas: metáfora, personificação, hipérbole, sinestesia e eufemismo. São recursos linguísticos que conferem aos contos de Colasanti a expressividade que seduz o leitor de todas as idades. A realidade e a fantasia se articulam harmoniosamente em um texto que, ao ressaltar o fantástico, desvela os sentidos universais inerentes ao ser humano de todas as épocas / This thesis is a study on the expressiveness of fairy tales of the work A Whole Blue Idea, by Marina Colasanti. It is innovative because they are short texts, valuing the fantastic and for the outcomes of their stories, different from the traditional. Working with kings, queens, princes, princesses, unicorns, the author uses figures of speech that value the text, making its embroidery of words even more charming and instigating. Reflections about the oral narratives, the theories relating to popular stories, the understanding of childrens literature, fairy tales are present throughout the work, Marina Colasanti in Brazilian culture and the fantastic narrative, a summary of the work A Whole Blue Idea, stylistic as the basis of the research is the essence of figures of speech. It seeks to describe and analyze the most productive figures: metaphor, personification, hyperbole, synesthesia and euphemism. These are linguistic resources which give the tales of Colasanti the expressiveness that seduces the reader of all ages. Reality and fantasy are articulated harmoniously in a text that, to highlight the fantastic, unveils the universal meanings inherent to the human of all times

In this paper I will discuss the personal process of making a film, specifically as it relates to my thesis Galatea. I will do this be examining the individual aspects of filmmaking, including but not limited to: writing, directing, production design, cinematography, editing, and visual effects.

The fairy circles are an intriguing and unexplained feature of the pro-Namib in Namibia and northwestern parts of South Africa. The presence of hundreds of almost circular patches where no plants grow were first mentioned in scientific literature in 1971 and since then scientists have tried to find an explanation for the origin of these circles. Although there are many hypotheses regarding the origin of these circles not one of these can explain the existence of these circles satisfactory. In this study several aspects of the fairy circles were investigated to improve the characterization of the phenomenon. Total element analysis of the soil from the different microhabitats (inside the circle, on the edge of the circle and between the circles, referred to hereafter as the matrix) and at different depths in these microhabitats were performed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA). No patterns emerged regarding the concentration of the elements in the respective microhabitats. The occurrence of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae (VAM) in the roots of plants collected from the different microhabitats was also investigated. It was shown that VAM occurred in most of the roots of plants collected in the matrix and on the edge but no VAM were found in plants collected inside the circles. The succulent plant Euphorbia damarana has also been implicated in the origin of the circles. The presence of germination inhibiting compounds in this species was investigated. No such compounds were found. The extracts of it inhibited the growth of radicles of lettuce seeds at a concentration of 25 mg/ml. Bio-assays were also performed on soil collected in the different microhabitats using a dominant grass of the area, Stipagrostis uniplumis, as bioindicator. The fresh an dry shoot mass of plants harvested from soil collected on the edge and in the matrix grew much better than the shoots grown in soil collected from the inside of the circles (p = 0.0007). The dry shoot mass showed the same trend as the fresh shoot mass. The fresh root mass showed a marked increase in the roots collected from soil on the edge of circles when compared to plants grown in soil collected from the inside and the matrix (p = 0.013). There was a significant difference in the length of shoots measured in plants grown in the soils collected from the different microhabitats with the shoots measured from plants grown in the soil collected from the edge showing stimulation in growth when compared to the plants grown in soil from the matrix and inside the circles (p = 0.00004). The difference in shoot length between grasses grown in soil collected from the edge and the matrix was also significant (p = 0.00004) with the edge samples showing a stimulation in growth. / Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Plant Science / unrestricted

The purpose of my study was to explore and describe the applicability of fairy tale-based sociodramatic play in developing social skills among high-functioning children with autism. My conceptual framework was based on existing theory relating to high-functioning children with autism, the development of social skills, sociodramatic play and fairy tales,. I followed a qualitative research approach, guided by an interpretivist epistemology. I employed an instrumental case study design and conveniently selected a school that specialises in the accommodation of learners with autism. I purposefully selected three high-functioning children at the school as primary research participants, and their parents/caregivers as well as one educator from the foundation phase class at the school, as my secondary research participants. I developed and implemented a fairy tale-based sociodramatic play intervention, conducted face-to-face interviews and assessments of levels of social functioning, and utilised observationas- context-of-interaction as data collection methods. I relied upon audio-visual methods and a reflective journal as methods of data documentation. Three main themes emerged as a result of the inductive data analysis and interpretation that I completed. Firstly, I found that the primary participants displayed an improved tendency to ask for help and express their feelings after they had received fairy tale-based sociodramatic play intervention. Secondly, I found that certain additional changes in social experience and behaviour had occurred during the course of the research process, such as an apparent improvement in turn-taking, problem-solving and perspective-taking abilities, and an increased involvement in peer relationships and peer support. Despite the apparent changes in the participants’ abilities to ask for help and express their feelings, a few areas of no change also emerged. No change was observed in the primary participants’ tendency to not seek help from peers, as well as their tendency to rely on their body language, rather than on verbalisation, to ask for help and express feelings. Based on the findings, fairy tale-based sociodramatic play can therefore be regarded as a valuable tool for the development of the social skills of asking for help and expression of feelings among high-functioning children with autism. / Dissertation (MEd (Educational Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Educational Psychology / unrestricted

This thesis is a play for children. The story and the characters were derived from traditional Norwegian fairy tales. The central character is Billikin Whiskers, a billy-goat, who is captured by three trolls--Sparky, Garr and Pragg. The play is set on a mountain in Norway. The central idea of the play is the issue of intelligence--represented by Billikin Whiskers--versus physical strength--symbolized by the trolls.

This article focuses on the dialogues within and between Disney's The Princess and The Frog and a 1930s animated series about a young Black boy-Little Ol' Bosko. Both films feature Black characters who navigate a fairy tale world set in the swamps of southern Jim Crow era America in which they grapple with fears about reductive and demeaning black film stereotypes. Although they are in some ways trapped within the white gaze of the film's meaning, I argue that in their fantasies, both Bosko and Tiana outmaneuver the regime of representation that underlies racial stereotyping, opening a space for trans-coding and revision of its meanings. In addition, a comparison of the films demonstrates a clear improvement from the 1930s in terms of an increased differentiation in the representation of Black Americans, acknowledging, if not embodying, the fact that "Black America" is a diverse and complex reality.