Folk Tales Produce Ideas About Gender

"The universe is composed of a story, not an atom" (quoted in Rukeyser M 1968, Daniels K 2000, p. 135), so how the folklore entertains people all over the world through history and culture is It is not strange. Tell these stories from young people and teach morals and appropriate social behavior. However, because folklore depicts different behaviors between boys and girls, the concept of gender was born. Nevertheless, changes in attitudes towards gender role have changed the content of folklore to adapt to this change, creating new, different and gender-oriented ideas.

The concept of modern fairy tale dates back to 1812 when Jacob and William Green announced a series of folklore called "Children and Family Stories". Currently it is more commonly known as Grimm's fairy tale. From "Rapunzel" to "Hansel and Gretel", "Cinderella" to "Sleeping Beauty", "Small Snow White". According to modern standards, the original stories of Grimm brothers are full of violence and sex. "Junsun Tree" is characterized by her stepfather killing her stepfather and giving him to his father at the stew. Characteristic murder, give two examples. (I did not say anything about Disney 's adaptation of these two stories.

Many people believe Cinderella's story is folklore. Folktales are legends that have been handed down since generations, usually inheritance by words. According to Storyteller, these stories are orally spoken, so they have been changed over and over again. Folktales express the truth about life, such as Mason to explain specific things and learn in nature. These mesons and truth do not change, they are common to all cultures of the world. Cinderella is one of the most famous people in the world. The theme appears in various cultures. There are hundreds of versions! Brotherhood (SJNN wrote a version of the story of Cinderella in Germany, Peter Kristen Asbjøsen wrote the version of Katie Woodencloak for Norwegian children Jremiah Curtin wrote Fair, Brown and Ireland in Ireland In trembling Japan, There is a similar story called Princess Ochikubo You can find multiple versions of Cinderella You can use the Internet and the library.

Cinderella is one of the most popular fairy tale in countless versions, reflecting the gender expectations of women in various societies and the environment. The story is developed around the concept of beauty, delicacy, passivity, and submission. In addition, Cinderella offers another example in a fairy tale The heroine in the story has to be "saved" in the way of the prince and be helped by the power of nature. Using Cinderella's example, it is clear that the description of a female in a fairy tale placed sexual expectations into the heroine's ideals and characteristics in history.