Literary fairy tale explained

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 folktakes, 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.

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.^[2]

See also

• Fairytale fantasy

References

Sources

• Book: Zipes, Jack . Jack Zipes . The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales: The Western tradition from medieval to modern . 2000 . New York . Oxford UP . 0-19-860115-8.
• Book: Canepa, Nancy L.. From Court to Forest: Giambattista Basile's "Lo cunto de li cunti" and the Birth of the Literary Fairy Tale. Wayne State University Press. 1999. 0814327583. Series in Fairy-Tale Studies.
• Book: Out of the Woods: The Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy and France. Nancy L.. Canepa. Wayne State University Press. 1997. 0814326870.
• Book: Lavagetto. Mario. Buia. Anna. 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. A. Mondadori. 2009. 2. I Meridiani. it. 978-8804573883.

Notes and References

1. Book: Tismar, Jens. Kunstmärchen. Stuttgart. Metzler. 1977. 978-3-476-10155-6. 10.1007/978-3-476-99245-1.

   Book: Mathias. Mayer. Jens. Tismar. Kunstmärchen. 4. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart/Weimar. 2003. 978-3-476-14155-2. 10.1007/978-3-476-04122-7.

2. Book: Lewis. C. S.. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold. 1956. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 0156904365. 311. registration.