Little Red Riding Hood
Reccomended academic resources
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2002). Grimm: Complete Fairy Tales. London: Taylor and Francis.
The beginning of this book describes and analyses how traditional folktales were told orally by the people of societies.
La Trobe University library book call number:
Bendigo campus: 398.20943 GRIM
Bundoora campus: not available
Orenstein, C. (2002). The Grandmothers tale: To Come of Age. In Orenstein, C (Eds), Little Red Riding Hood uncloaked; sex, morality, and the evolution of a fairy tale (pp. 63-75). United States: Basic Books.
The beginning of this chapter offers the reader an insight into the themes of the traditional version of Little Red Riding Hood. It explains how the traditional oral tale was originally found and explores the motifs and compares the structural differences of various versions.
La Trobe University library book call number:
Bendigo campus: 398.20943 OREN
Bundoora campus: 398.2094302 0661
Zipes, J. (2993). The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood. Great Britain: Routledge.
This resource offers the reader an insight into how the character of Little Red Riding Hood changes in Perrault's Le Pit Chaperon Rougue. Zipes explains that the protagonist is pretty, spoiled and gullible.
La Trobe University library call number:
Bendigo: 398.352 TRIA
Bundoora- not available
Books
Delaney, B. (2006). Perrault’s Little Red Riding Hood. The explicator, 64 (2), 70-72. doi: 10.3200/EXPL.64.2.70-72.
Delaney believes the red cloak symbolises a fantasy world. The article suggests that Little Red Riding Hood is a peasant and the Mother can probably barely afford a pair of shoes, let alone a red cloak.
Soloman, C. (1998, August, 3). Walt Disney’s Missing Link: Studio Preserves Animation’s Lost Treasure, 1922’s ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. The Washington Post, p.9.
This newspaper article suggests that the film industry was unaware of Walt Disney’s attempt to commercialise an adaptation of the well-known story of Little Red Riding Hood.
National Public Radio. (Producer). (2002, August, 28). Interview: Catherine Orenstein discusses the evolution of the character of Little Red Riding Hood from her book “Uncloaked, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ez.library.latrobe.edu.au/docview/190077975?Ope
This podcast/article is useful for researching into how the archetypes change in various versions of Little Red Riding Hood. Orenstein expresses her opinion of the characters traits.
Hartigan, S. (2013). What wide origins you have, Little Red Riding Hood. Retrieved from http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131129-little-red-riding- hood- folktale-tehrani-anthropology-science/
This article provides the reader an insight into the origins of the tale. Some scholars suggest that the tale originated from Asia, while others suggest it was a poem derived from the eleventh century.