Fairy Tale |
Anti-Fairy Tale |
Optimism |
Pessimism |
Teleological, anticipatory |
Retrospective, subversive |
“Once upon a time” |
Real world context |
Initiation |
Dissonance |
Pedagogical |
Lessons unlearnt |
Infantalised, bowdlerized |
Adult themes, cynicism |
Telling |
Untelling |
Cultural mirror |
Breaking the mirror |
Parabolic |
Anti-parabolic |
Black and white morality |
Grey morality or amorality |
Fixed point of view |
Shifting perspectives |
Independent narrative |
Intertextual, metafictional |
Bourgeois |
Avant-garde |
Patriarchal |
Feminist |
Mythologises |
Demythologises |
Enchantment |
Disenchantment |