French Fairy Tales: A Jungian ApproachState University of New York Press, 2012 M02 1 - 403 pages Bettina L. Knapp explores the universal and eternal nature of fourteen French fairy tales, including the medieval Romance of Mélusine, Charles Perrault's seventeenth-century versions of Sleeping Beauty and Bluebeard, and Jean Cocteau's film version of Beauty and the Beast. She demonstrates the relevance of these fairy tales for modern readers, both for the psychological problems they address and for the positive resolutions they offer. Through her careful examination of these tales, Knapp shows that people in past eras suffered from such supposedly "modern" problems as alienation and identity crises and went through harrowing ordeals before experiencing some sort of fulfillment. By imparting the age-old wisdom embedded in these works, French Fairy Tales triggers new insights into psychological problems and offers helpful ways of dealing with them. |
Contents
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The Middle Ages Feudalism And La Societe Courtoise | 19 |
The Seventeenth Century Le Grand Siècle | 61 |
The Eighteenth Century LEsprit Philosophique | 133 |
The Nineteenth Century Le Romantisme Esthetic And Utilitarian | 179 |
The TwentiethCentury SlaughterScienceSpirituality | 303 |
Conclusion | 357 |
Notes | 361 |
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