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¿Cómo estudiar y leer los cuentos de hadas en nuestros días? Interdisciplinariedad en el estudio de los cuentos de hadas malteses
| Title in English | How to study and read fairy tales in our days? Interdisciplinarity in the study of Maltese fairy tales. |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Appeared in Conference without Proceedings |
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| Description | The various motifs of Mediterranean fairy tales wandered constantly and were transmitted through an oral tradition that, to some extent, reflected the collective national memory of the various Mediterranean national literatures. It was the meeting of familiar southern European bestiary (or fairy tale) motifs with Arabic motifs that created unique stories on the island of Malta, straddling three religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Although giants, witches and dragons and other creatures representing evil in stories appear in many tales from Europe, Asia and Africa, many Maltese tales contain endemic mythical creatures. However, fairy tales, and not only Maltese fairy tales, should be studied interdisciplinarily. The very center of gravity of folktales research is naturally linked to literary studies, but also to aesthetics, which is complemented by semiotics, folklore studies, religious studies, cultural anthropology and psychology. Given this interdisciplinary character and the wide range of thematic approaches, this research itself becomes a richly varied insight into the depths of the soul of fairy tales. |