Literary fairy tale

A literary fairy tale is a fairy tale that differs from an oral folktale in that it is written by "a single identifiable author", as defined by Jens Tismar's monograph. ^[1] They also differ from oral folk tales, which can be characterized as "simple and anonymous", and exist in a mutable and difficult to define genre with a close relationship to oral tradition. ^[2]

One of the earliest stories of this type is that of Cupid and Psyche, a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass ), written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius. ^[3]

Notable authors of literary fairy tales

• Hans Christian Andersen
• Godfried Bomans
• Italo Calvino
• Madame d'Aulnoy
• Fabiola of Belgium

See also

• Fairytale fantasy

References

1. Tismar, Jens (1977). Kunstmärchen. Stuttgart: Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-99245-1. ISBN   978-3-476-10155-6.

   Mayer, Mathias; Tismar, Jens (2003). Kunstmärchen (4 ed.). Stuttgart/Weimar: J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-04122-7. ISBN   978-3-476-14155-2.

2. Zipes (2000), p. xv.
3. Lewis, C. S. (1956). Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. p.  311. ISBN   0156904365.

Sources

• Zipes, Jack (2000). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales: The Western tradition from medieval to modern. New York: Oxford UP. ISBN   0-19-860115-8.
• Canepa, Nancy L. (1999). From Court to Forest: Giambattista Basile's "Lo cunto de li cunti" and the Birth of the Literary Fairy Tale. Series in Fairy-Tale Studies. Wayne State University Press. ISBN   0814327583.
• Canepa, Nancy L., ed. (1997). Out of the Woods: The Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy and France. Wayne State University Press. ISBN   0814326870.
• Lavagetto, Mario; Buia, Anna (2009). Racconti di orchi, di fate e di streghe: la fiaba letteraria in Italia [Tales of Orcs, Fairies and Witches: the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy]. I Meridiani (in Italian) (2 ed.). A. Mondadori. ISBN   978-8804573883.