Trapped: Fairytale in Pratchett and Lackey
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article examines Terry Pratchettʼs "Witches Abroad" and Mercedes Lackeyʼs "The Fairy Godmother". Both books look at stories from the other side, they actualise the (sometimes) cliché that stories are powerful, and can shape people. In "The Fairy Godmother" and "Witches Abroad", stories have taken over. Tales have power of their own, and will shape the surrounding people or circumstances to suit, regardless of what the characters themselves think of it. Taking the concept that stories have power a step forward and literalising that power allows both Pratchett and Lackey to explore fairy tales from a different, feminist, perspective.
Source: Gender forum
Author: Taylor, Audrey
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1120512714