A Narratology Study on Grimms Modern Fairy Tales

• Main Authors: Jia-Han Chang, 張佳涵
• Other Authors: Jung- Tsao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00252051879156015309

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 視覺傳達設計系碩士班 === 99 === ABSTRACT Many people regard fairy tales as the shared memories during childhood. In the serial of stories, people use their imagination and life experiences to construct different dreams and images. In the domain of image art, picture book is part of image, which has its symbolic meaning. Using the symbolic meanings is the most common way to understand the picture books. However, how to use the images to show the significance and its meaning of the picture books worth our careful consideration. Grimms Modern Fairy Tales is the book which has won several international children books prizes and was translated into several foreign languages. It was released by the Grimms culture limited corporation, established in 1993. The current study focuses on the 20 books from Grimms Modern Fairy Tales, narratively analyzing and comparing different plots to explore their symbolic meaning and their narrative structure. From the analyses of characters and images between the original and adapted picture books, this study concluded elements that affect the design of picture books. The result of this study showed that by adapting stories, the overall principles about the design of picture books could be concluded as follows: 1.the transition of different plots, 2. the style and meaning of characters, 3.personal life experiences, and 4. the influences of the viewpoints about the society. The strategy is that we could base on the Grimms Fairy Tales to create better modern fairy tales which accords with the viewpoints about modern society.