While perusing a topic, I could not get over the fact that many people over look some very important messages that are portrayed in fairy tales and folktales. Some leave their audience with a life lesson, like never accept food from strangers, be careful who you trust, it's good to have dreams and ambitions, and these are just a few. Yet, there is one thing that many people look past, and that is the damaging lessons they are giving readers, especially little girls. More often than not, tales that have princesses give off the impression that being a princess you have to be skinny, damsel in distress, know how to clean, and to find your Prince Charming. Not only that, but they give their male audience the belief that to get a gorgeous girl, you have to be handsome, charming, rich, and powerful. So with this all being said, I decided to really look at the effects of folk and fairy tales and see if there is any research that supports my beliefs and here is what I found:
When I first got started with my basic research, I started with looking at certain archives and it first started with a discussion of an article that came out saying Disney would be closing the book on fairy tales. It then lead to a discussion about "Disney Mania," where people were discussing how women at a conference at the Disney resorts were purchasing tiaras, wands, and prancing around acting like a princess. These two topics stemmed my research on the potentially damaging effects fairy/folk tales could have on their younger readers/audiences. As many know, Disney based lots of their movies off of the Grimm Brothers Tales. Conducting this research, I tried focusing mainly on the effects of the Grimm stories, how it got passed on, modern fairy tales and the effect on their audiences, and recommendations of picture books to parents/caregivers about more positive messages on princesses being independent and determined to be who they want to be.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/21/entertainment/la-et-1121-tangled-20101121
https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/private/child_lit/Week-of-Mon-20101115/103918.html
In the next two tabs, I will explore this idea of fairy tales/folktales.
When I first got started with my basic research, I started with looking at certain archives and it first started with a discussion of an article that came out saying Disney would be closing the book on fairy tales. It then lead to a discussion about "Disney Mania," where people were discussing how women at a conference at the Disney resorts were purchasing tiaras, wands, and prancing around acting like a princess. These two topics stemmed my research on the potentially damaging effects fairy/folk tales could have on their younger readers/audiences. As many know, Disney based lots of their movies off of the Grimm Brothers Tales. Conducting this research, I tried focusing mainly on the effects of the Grimm stories, how it got passed on, modern fairy tales and the effect on their audiences, and recommendations of picture books to parents/caregivers about more positive messages on princesses being independent and determined to be who they want to be.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/21/entertainment/la-et-1121-tangled-20101121
https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/private/child_lit/Week-of-Mon-20101115/103918.html
In the next two tabs, I will explore this idea of fairy tales/folktales.