I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere eventyret "Petronella", som kan findes i antologien Once upon a Time (Systime 2004). Udover analysehjælpen kan du finde et summary af teksten samt inspiration til fortolkning og perspektivering.
Præsentation af teksten
Titel: “Petronella” (1973)
Forfatter: Jay Williams
Genre: Fairy tale
Jay Williams (1914-1978) var amerikansk forfatter. Han skrev typisk indenfor genrerne science-fiction, fantasy og historisk fiktion. Han var i sin levetid meget populær blandt unge læsere.
Eventyret "Petronella" er blevet udgivet samlingen The Practical Princess, and Other Liberating Fairy tales (1979).
Uddrag
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Title
The title of the story, “Petronella”, is typical for fairy-tales that are named after the main female protagonists (such as “Cinderella” or “Snow White”). However, because the name is not a very common one, the title hints that the fairy-tale is not a typical ‘princess is saved by the prince’ narrative: “But the youngest prince turned out to be a girl. ‘Well,’ said the king gloomily, ‘we can’t call her Peter. We’ll have to call her Petronella.’ ” (p. 113, ll. 12-15)
In the tale, Petronella is a genuine heroine who goes looking for her fortune and prince in the world, overcoming magic challenges and confronting an apparently evil enchanter to save her prince: “ ‘I’m going with you,’ she said. ‘I’ll find a prince if I have to rescue one from something myself. And that’s that.’ ” (p. 113, ll. 31-32)
