Functions (and Consequences) of Selected Paratexts in Editions of Grimms’ Fairy Tales Published in 2000-2021: Prolegomenon Cover Image

Funkcje (i konsekwencje) wybranych paratekstów w edycjach baśni Grimmowskich wydanych w latach 2000-2021. Prolegomena
Functions (and Consequences) of Selected Paratexts in Editions of Grimms’ Fairy Tales Published in 2000-2021: Prolegomenon

Author(s): Kamila Kowalczyk
Subject(s): Communication studies, German Literature, Sociology of Culture, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Translation Studies, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm; fairy tale; paratext; Kinder- und Hausmärchen;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on representative paratexts accompanying Polish language editions in fairy tales from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms’ selection published in Poland in 2000–2021. On a basis of forewords, afterwords, blurbs, information included in prelims, and colophons, an attempt was made to signal research problems concerning the cultural status of Grimms’ fairy tale emerging from paratexts. Particular attention was paid to communication strategies of editors, publishers and translators, as well as to potential consequences in how elements surrounding and supplementing the actual text of a tale were received by the readers.

  • Issue Year: 33/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-105
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish