Passage
Vol 5, No 1 (2017): April 2017

The Agency of the Female Characters in Grimms’ and Garner’s Versions of “Cinderella” and “Snow White”

Lusiana Nur Annisa (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Nov 2019

Abstract

The present study examines the differences in the agency of the female characters in Grimms’ and Garner’s versions of the stories “Cinderella” and “Snow White”. In identifying the agency of the female characters, the study uses the indicator of actions based on Nealon Giroux’s (2003) and Schlosser’s (2015) conceptions of agency. The findings show that the agency of the female characters in Grimms’ and Garner’s versions of the stories differs in two aspects: the drive of the agency and the impact of the agency on the empowerment of the female characters. Despite the differences in depicting the female characters with their relations to the male characters, both versions of the stories cannot be considered feminist texts.Keywords: mid-pause, tight structured narrative, loose structured narrative, cognitive perspective

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Journal Info

Abbrev

psg

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Passage is a journal published by English Language and Literature Study Program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Initially published for students’ articles based on their final research paper, Passage now is also accepting articles from researchers outside the study program. The journal focuses ...