Comparative analysis of the selected fairy tales based on the theory of Bruno Bettelheim

Diplomsko delo bo zajemalo kratko predstavitev vseh teoretičnih pogledov na pravljice. Bolj se bo osredotočala na sociološko teorijo Jacka Zipesa, ki bo dala vpogled tudi v drugačne različice izbranih pravljic, nekatere bodo tudi predstavljene. Nato pa se bo diplomsko delo navezalo še na folkloristično teorijo, kjer sta predstavnika Antti Aarne in Stith Thompson. Njuni deli je združil in izboljšal nemški znanstvenik Hans-Jörg Uther v knjigi The Types of International Folktales (2011), v kateri je sodobno klasificiral pravljice. V naslednjih poglavjih pa se bomo osredotočili na Bruna Bettelheima. Najprej bo na kratko predstavljeno njegovo življenje in delo, saj bo to mogoče dalo vpogled v to, zakaj se je osredotočil za psihološki vidik pravljic in zakaj je bil deležen določenih kritik. Sledi predstavitev njegove knjige Rabe čudežnega (1999), katera poglavja zajema in kaj avtor s to knjigo želi sporočiti ter na koga se navezuje. Ko bomo dobili podroben pogled v teorijo, bo na kratko tudi povezana z ostalimi teoretičnimi pogledi na pravljico, bolj pa se bo osredotočala na folkloristično in sociološko teorijo. V drugem delu diplomskega dela pa bodo podrobno analizirane tri pravljice (Janko in Metka, Motovilka in Obuti maček) na osnovi psihoanalitične teorije. Prepisani bodo določeni citati iz pravljic ter kategorizirani po študiji Bruna Bettelheima v knjigi Rabe čudežnega (1999). Na koncu pa bodo spoznanja iz prvega teoretičnega in drugega empiričnega dela predstavljeno v strnjenem odstavku in uporabnost bo analizirana tudi s področja predšolske vzgoje.The thesis consists of two parts, theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part will include a short presenetation of all theoretical views on fairy tales. It will focus more on the social history theory of Jack Zipes, which will also provide an insight into different versions of selected fairy tales, some will be included in the thesis. It will also be related to the theory of folklor, where Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson are the main theorists. Their works were combined and imporved by a German scientist Hans-Jörg Uther in the book The Types of International Folktales (2011), in which he modernly classified the fairy tales. In the next chapters we will focus on Bruno Bettelheim. We will get a short presentation of his life and work, as this may get us an insight on why he focused on psychological aspect of fairy tales and why he has received some criticism. This is followed by a representation of his book The uses of Enchantment (1999), which chapters it covers, what does the author say about it and who is he speaking about. Once we get a detailed look at the theory, we will also briefly relate to other theoretical views of the fairy tale (more to the cultural and fokloristic theory). In the second part of the thesis, three fairy tales (Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Puss in boots) will be analyzed in detail and related to the theory of Bruno Bettelheim. Certain qoutes from the books will be transcribed and categorized according to the theory in the book The uses of Enchantment (1999). Finally the findings of the therotical and empirical part will be presented in a paragraph, where we will analyze the findings and their usefulness in the field of preschool education