Once Upon an Ecocritical Analysis: The Nature-Culture of German Fairy Tales and Its Implications

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dc.contributor.advisorOstmeier, Dorotheeen_US
dc.contributor.authorAdler, Katherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T17:55:10Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T17:55:10Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes the relationship between German fairy tales and Ecocriticism by examining the similarities and differences in depictions of nature in the tales published by the Brothers Grimm in 1857 and tales written by political activists during Germany's Weimar Republic. "Frau Holle" and "Die drei Schlangenblätter" by the Brothers Grimm present nature as a means to support their bourgeois utopian ideals. On the other hand, the Weimar writers Carl Ewald and Edwin Hörnle's tales "Ein Märchen von Gott und den Königen" and "Der kleine König und die Sonne" (respectively) employ the traditional form of the fairy tale to espouse free-thinking and criticize the weaknesses of the Grimms' utopian ideal. My ecocritical analysis is based on a synthesis of environmental sciences and sociocultural influences.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18441
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectEcocriticismen_US
dc.subjectFairy talesen_US
dc.subjectGrimmen_US
dc.subjectNatureen_US
dc.subjectWeimaren_US
dc.titleOnce Upon an Ecocritical Analysis: The Nature-Culture of German Fairy Tales and Its Implicationsen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of German and Scandinavianen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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