Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ400340
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Publication Date: 1989
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Redemptive Journey: The Storytelling Motif in Andersen's "The Snow Queen."
Misheff, Sue
Children's Literature in Education, v20 n1 p1-7 Mar 1989
Discusses how Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" uses the motif of storytelling to describe the journey taken by the heroine Gerda. Identifies a story as that which is alive and active and which causes catharsis for those who participate in it. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Literary Criticism, Story Telling
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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