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Adaptations of Folktales and Motifs in Madame d'Aulnoy's Contes: A Brief Survey of Influence and Diffusion
- Marvels & Tales
- Wayne State University Press
- Volume 23, Number 2, 2009
- pp. 353-364
- 10.1353/mat.2009.a369087
- Article
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Nearly all the stories by Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1650-1705) contain identifiable tale types. This is clear upon examining her tales in conjunction with seminal works of classification such as Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk Literature (1932-1936), Paul Delarue and Marie-Louise Tenèze's Conte populaire français (1957-1985), and Hans-Jörg Uther's Types of International Folk-tales (ATU; 2004). The significant presence of tale types in d'Aulnoy's oeuvre argues well for the universality of her appeal.