Fractured Fairy Tales, Week 3

1.     View/read the following fractured fairy tales.  A fractured fairy tale uses familiar fairy tale stories, but subverts some elements, such as characters, setting, points of view, and/or plot points.  They are usually humorous and satirize the genre or modern life in some way.

a.     The Ugly Duckling

b.     Son of Rumplestiltskin

c.      The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

2.     Write a brief explanation about how each of the fractured fairy tales that you viewed/read subverts the original and what humorous commentary the tale seems to make.

3.     Write a rough draft of your own fractured fairy tale, using a different fairy tale than the above mentioned.  It should have:

a.     A clear conflict

b.     A developed protagonist and at least one other character

c.      A setting: time and place

d.     An exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and a resolution

e.     Obvious references to the original fairy tale

f.       Obvious differences from the original tale.  You may consider telling the story from the point of view of the “villain” or writing a sequel or prequel to the story or making the story updated (the female saves the man, for example)

*Fairy tales to consider:  “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Cinderella,” “Hansel & Gretel,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “The Frog Prince,” “Goldilocks & the Three Bears,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Snow White.”  You may use other fairy tales, of course, but this list should give you some ideas…