Saturday, October 15, 2005

Fairy Tales

As a teenager, I loved going to the public library. I devoured whole sections on psychology. I remember coming across a book from Bruno Bettlheim "The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales" (I read the French version "Psychanalyse des contes de fées". I looked up the English title: I hope it's the same book.) Anyway, it opened up a whole new world for me. Reading about the hidden meaning of fairy tales and their impact on children had quite an impact on me. With that book, I also learned something of psychoanalysis which fascinated me for a long time. I had quite forgotten this episode until I came about this link tonight
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/index.html. It is a site on fairy tales from around the world. It offers links for modern interpretations and the likes. I haven't looked into the forum where, I suspect, lies most of the action.
My favorite fairy tale? I quite enjoyed Jack and the Beanstalk because I liked the pictures. I don't remember one fairy tale standing out, though.

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