https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2018-11-19 16:13:23 UTC 2018-11-26 18:02:50 UTC hello@padlet.com ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305992735 Fairy tales have been a part of people’s life for hundreds of year. While classical tales stay in the society, new variations emerge. Why do the classical tales and the new variations exist at the same time? Some people may argue that it’s not necessary. However, in fact, the new variations are exist based on the assumption that people already know the classical tales. They are standing on the shoulders of giant, correcting flaws within the original tale, and deliver new messages. ]]> 2018-11-19 16:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305992735 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305993179 Why do we need modern retelling tales?

--> because modern retellings are stand on the shoulders of classic tales, correct flaws based on current values, and deliver message that are new and revolutionary.]]> 2018-11-19 16:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305993179 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305994387 "Beauty and the Beast"
--> Belle ignored her sisters  when they turned into statues. 
--> it doesn't fit the description of "nice person," which is a moral flaw.]]> 2018-11-19 16:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305994387 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305995271 "East of the Sun West of the Moon" / "Bluebeard"

--> women are blamed for their curiosity. The concept of blaming the victim.

It's really hard to be a heroine because people have unreasonable requirements for women: they want women to be perfect while men can make mistakes.]]> 2018-11-19 16:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305995271 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305996587 "Frog King"
--> the importance of motives
--> classic fairy tales are not always right, people need to know that.
the princess doesn't want to save the frog. In the opposite, she wants to kill the frog. 
Does someone like her deserve the happy ending?]]> 2018-11-19 16:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305996587 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305997915 "Beauty and the Chad"
--> more realistic than any other variations: Belle is not the perfect heroine. 
--> fit in the society: talk about modern issues in modern wording.
--> feminist, gender minority.]]> 2018-11-19 16:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305997915 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305999436 Tosi - "Did They Live Happy Ever After?"
--> use with "Beauty and the Beast," talk about correction of moral flaws.
--> use with "Bluebeard"/"East of the Sun," to talk about how important to integrate feminist ideas into writings.]]> 2018-11-19 16:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/305999436 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306000991 Carter "Notes from the Front Line"
--> use with "Beauty and the Chad," to explain what are authors thinking when they create modern retellings.]]> 2018-11-19 16:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306000991 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306002423 Modern Retellings are unnecessary at all.
They are not as famous as the original tales.
They're just repeating what people have talked about for hundreds of years.]]> 2018-11-19 16:34:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306002423 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306003400 Classic tale are not perfect stories. It only paid attentions to the points that they wanted people to think about while leaving a lot of questionable plots. These plots are dangerous to people and the modern retellings tend to fix the problem.]]> 2018-11-19 16:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306003400 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306004407 Modern retellings integrate ideas that are important to us to the stories, and help people better understand the world in fairy tales. For example, feminism, peer pressure, and gender minority.]]> 2018-11-19 16:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306004407 ydchen https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306006057 Bernheimer "Fairy Tale is Form, Form is Fairy Tale"
--> use the part that how fairy tales help people to understand the world, that's why modern-retelling story writers writes their stories.]]> 2018-11-19 16:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ydchen/u59xq62lcpto/wish/306006057