- contains every conceivable fairy tale Joyce could get his hands on
- children can deal with nonsense better than adults – they don’t ask questions of meaning
- in the realm of the structure of a fairy tale
- can Joyce be enjoyed when not presented orally?
*Didactic = teaching, pedagogical (moral of the story)
- can a moral be detachable from the story?
*Fractured / Twisted Fairy Tales (Jesse's Blog)
- stories told from the perspective of the “evil” character
- Little Red Riding Hood Twisted – sinister, ax, provocatively dressed
- irony – the sense of irony must develop, children cannot understand it
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