"Tradition & Innovation":

Fairy and Folk Tales as Social and Cultural Agents

A Symposium hosted by the Children’s Literature Research Unit, UNISA

On 18 August 2000

Film Auditorium, Unisa, Pretoria

 

Programme:

* The light of knowledge - in the midst of the jungle: how Tarzan became a Man
    (Rolf Romoren: Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway)
    
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* A new appearance of Snow White, in words and pictures: "Black as ink" by Wim Hofman
    (Anne de Vries: Nederlands Letterkundig Museum, The Hague, Netherlands)
     
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* Who’s Afraid of Little Red Riding Hood? Play, parody, and political correctness in contemporary retellings
    (Sandra Beckett: Brock University, St Catharines, Canada)
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* Folk tale chronotopes in contemporary children's literature
    (Rosemary Johnson: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

* Virginia Hamilton’s "Womanist Mermaid" a chante-fable from Africa
    (Nancy Huse: Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., USA)

* Lessons from the honey-guide
    (Elwyn Jenkins: Research Fellow: Children’s Literature Research Unit, University of South Africa)
    
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* The hero figure in Africa
    (Cicely van Straten: Author)


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