Three Little Pigs Research- Symbolic Meanings behind Houses.
- willikoms
- Nov 12, 2020
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The family house chronotope in three picturebooks by Gro Dahle and Svein Nyhus: idyll, fantasy, and threshold experiences. Article Written by Atle Krogstad
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THE FAMILY HOUSE CHRONOTOPE
"The family house is the primary place of action in the Dahle and Nyhus picturebook universe, and time and space fuse in a special way in and around the family house. According to Rachel Falconer, chronotopes “are representations of time and space, which frame and enable their characters to live and act in certain ways” (Falconer 2010, 89). What is prominent in all three picturebooks is that the child protagonists manage to break the symbolic and physical borders of the family house and establish a new point of departure. The chronotope of the threshold symbolises “crises and break in life […] decisions that determine the whole life of a man” (Bakhtin 1981, 248). The Dahle and Nyhus picturebook narratives can be regarded as threshold studies; they explore, make explicit, and “stretch out” the instantaneous moment when a child manages to make a decisive change and become visible in the adult world."
Personal Thoughts-
I think this idea of the houses being representations of time and space ties in well to the enviromental story I want to tell. How both the straw house and the stick house are destroyed in the course of a year whereas the Brick House remains virtually unaffected. I think it also speaks volumes in how my original plan does not feature any characters, almost as if they are tied to their own homes. And that the one with the best built house lives to survive.
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