Fairy Tales in Georgian Theatres: Entertainment, Allegory, Transformation
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https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.2039-2281/23319Keywords:
folklore, fairy tale, theatre, traditional storytellingAbstract
The entertainment landscape for children and adults has significantly transformed over the past four decades, and in it fairy tales have evolved beyond their traditional role in collective communication. This paper examines the presentation of fairy tales in Georgian theatres, their entertaining and allegorical functions in the 20th century, and their cultural significance in the present day. The aim is to gain insight into the role of the theatrical setting in the continued survival of the fairy tale as a form of oral narrative. The success of fairy tales as both literary and scenic genres can be attributed to their capacity to respond imaginatively to the interests of any given epoch.
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