Hi all,
I'm loving all of the blog activity! I didn't get the Jack Zipes article to you in time to read for today, but I will be sending it as optional reading in case you are interested in feminist/political approaches to Little Red. I was initially interested in pairing Zipes with Bettelheim because Zipes has been one of the most outspoken critics to disagree with Bettelheim's famous reading of Little Red Riding Hood. Yet, they actually have some things in common, including their distaste with a lot of present-day children's culture.
In any case, I thought I'd post links to two really interesting interviews with Zipes (not required reading, but fascinating stuff!). He has quite a bit to say about the historical, political, and even psychological uses of fairy tales. One appears on the website of an independent horror fiction press. The other on a website that deals with children's cinema. Thus, they present interesting perspectives about genres that we have not considered in class thus far.
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I read "Lucky" by Anne Sebold (author of "The Lovely Bones"), which is a real-life account of her rape and the subsequent trials. She especially focuses on being a victim: how people are eager to hold you responsible, how lawyers question the clothes you wore, what you were doing, and your sexual experience prior to the crime. Discussing Little Red made me think about how contemporary society, acting as a jury to the tale, would excuse or blame the girl for the events that unfolded.
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