http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/fairytale Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:16:20 -0400 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:16:20 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1582/ghosts-of-romanticism-in-neil-gaimans-childrens-fiction By Padma Jagannathan - From the point of view of childhood, modern Western society shows many parallels to the Romantic Age. While the industrial economy caused rapid changes to the landscape and lives of children, forcing millions of them into labor, the informational economy is similarly having a tremendous impact on children’s lives. Never before has a generation found so much freedom in the virtual world while at the same time having real-life experiences so tightly controlled by parents and society. Some social scientists argue that kids in the West suffer from ‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ and will... Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:59 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1582/ghosts-of-romanticism-in-neil-gaimans-childrens-fiction http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/361/comparing-marriage-in-fitchers-bird-by-the-brothers-grimm-and-margaret-atwoods-bluebeards-egg By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku - This can be seen from the first paragraphs of the stories: while the three sisters have to go with the sorcerer against their wishes, because his magical powers make them jump into his basket (Brothers Grimm 148), Sally, the protagonist of Atwood’s Bluebeard’s Egg, marries Edward--a cardiologist--because she chooses him from many other options: “Why did she choose him (or, to be precise, as she tries to be with herself and sometimes is even out loud, hunt him down), when it’s clear to everyone she had other options?” (Atwood 158). Sally did even more than choose Edward... Thu, 13 Jan 2011 09:32 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/361/comparing-marriage-in-fitchers-bird-by-the-brothers-grimm-and-margaret-atwoods-bluebeards-egg http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/69/examining-mythology-in-the-chronicles-of-narnia-by-cs-lewis By Alicia D. Costello - The wonder of opening a book feels very similar to the experience of opening a wardrobe door and finding oneself in another world.  Stories told to children as they prepare for bed act also as vehicles for transportation of imagination, and when the book opens, a journey begins.  When C.S. Lewis wrote his seven-part series for children, The Chronicles of Narnia, he realized that not only the children in on Earth going to read the stories, but children in future generations of Narnia will also enjoy the stories as they pass down.  Therefore, for both group’s enjoyment, Lewis... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:37 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/69/examining-mythology-in-the-chronicles-of-narnia-by-cs-lewis