A mulher nos contos de fadas: o papel do feminino nas diferentes adaptações do conto “O príncipe sapo” (1812), dos irmãos Grimm

Abstract

Fairy tales have been part of mankind's culture for hundreds of years, one of the main names to popularize the genre were the Brothers Grimm, who published storybooks with the intention of keeping German folk stories for future generations. Thus, we seek to criticize the female role and reflect on the gender roles present in the fairy tale “The Frog Prince” by the Brothers Grimm and in some of its adaptations, such as the author's short story “The Princess and the Frog” unknown, very commonly found in children's storybooks and also the title of the film adaptation of Wall Dysney, and the short story “Fairy Tale for Modern Women” by Luiz Fernando Veríssimo. We sought to reflect on the construction of the feminine in the original story, as well as on some of its current adaptations. Therefore, it was necessary to analyze how gender patterns are reflected in History and, consequently, in literature; discuss the social roles reserved for women in society, delimited to the historical contexts of the texts analyzed here, and discuss possible breaks with the traditional roles relegated to the female subject in History that are reflected in the literature. This study started from the theoretical contributions of scholars who deal with issues related to gender studies, such as Teresa de Lauretis (1994), as well as researchers who focused on the analysis of the feminine in fairy tales, such as Franciele Mendes (2017).