Reading Notes: Turkish Fairy Tales, Part B
This week's reading had a lost of similarities, most of them ended in a marriage and the number forty was a common occurrence. Another aspects that was shared is young men performing seemingly impossible tasks for a wife, which could definitely be twisted for a different plot.
The first story I wanted to take notes about was Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife (and Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife cont.). I liked how this story differed from the other one by making the maiden pursue and accomplish a task for the marriage. I also like the twist of the other woman and would like to maybe emphasize it in the retelling. This would most likely be modernized and made more realistic, a possibility would to tell this story as an episode of a reality show.
The other story that I liked was that of was the one of The Imp of the Well (and The Imp of the Well cont.). I am not 100% sure how I would like to approach this retelling, I would definitely like to keep the characterization of the wife because it contributes greatly to the plot. I would probably amp up her rude behavior while modernizing the whole tale. I would probably focus more on the relationship between woodcutter and his wife and less on the relationship with the princess. I am not sure yet on how to make the tale more realistic in a modern sense, since you really can't abandon someone in a well nowadays.
Overall, I enjoyed this week's reading and was entertained while reading them.
Bibliography:
Forty-Four Turkish Fairly Tales by Ignacz Kunos, link to reading online.
The first story I wanted to take notes about was Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife (and Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife cont.). I liked how this story differed from the other one by making the maiden pursue and accomplish a task for the marriage. I also like the twist of the other woman and would like to maybe emphasize it in the retelling. This would most likely be modernized and made more realistic, a possibility would to tell this story as an episode of a reality show.
The other story that I liked was that of was the one of The Imp of the Well (and The Imp of the Well cont.). I am not 100% sure how I would like to approach this retelling, I would definitely like to keep the characterization of the wife because it contributes greatly to the plot. I would probably amp up her rude behavior while modernizing the whole tale. I would probably focus more on the relationship between woodcutter and his wife and less on the relationship with the princess. I am not sure yet on how to make the tale more realistic in a modern sense, since you really can't abandon someone in a well nowadays.
(District La Serra, Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Overall, I enjoyed this week's reading and was entertained while reading them.
Bibliography:
Forty-Four Turkish Fairly Tales by Ignacz Kunos, link to reading online.
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