Fairy Tale Text and Motif

A video that recreates and dramatizes the story of Hansel and Gretel in the context of the oral storytelling tradition. Followed by a ten minute presentation that uses examples from the story and references and illustrations from many other fairy tales to comment on characteristic patterns and motifs that recur in fairy tales such as recurring language patterns, repetitive plot structures, use of repetition and rhyme, recurring character types, happy endings. The Fairy tale text likened to a generic Journey with emphasis on the encounter with the Witch in the Forest.