Stained Glass to Film: Retelling as Translation

Alicia examines Max Luthi’s five characteristics of the fairy tale/folktale genre and how an artist can “translate” or adapt each characteristic in a fairy tale retelling. Scriptural examples discussed include the prophet Samuel’s first confrontation with King Saul and the life of Christ; fictional examples include J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Emily Rodda’s Golden Door trilogy.

Resources

• Angelina Stanford, House of Human Letters, “How to Read Fairy Tales” (asynchronous video course), especially on the principles of folklore

• Vladimir Propp's The Morphology of the Folktale - another folklore resource

• Max Luthi’s The European Folktale: F ...