Abstract
Fairytale narration in Greece is widely considered as a stable, long-lasting social – cultural practice, despite the revolutionary changes that happened during the 20th century in the field of Media Technology. The evolution from Premodern to Modern and Postmodern Era has only affected the means of this social-cultural practice and caused its adaptability to rapid changes. More specifically, we will focus on the transition from grandparents’ fairytale narration next to the fireplace, especially in agricultural regions, to the narration through the post-war Greek National Radio with the legendary Aunt Lena (Antigoni Metaxa) and Lilipoupoli. Then we will continue with television fairytale narration, firstly with Aunt Lena in the beginning of the 1970’s and a little later with the “Paramythas” Nikos Pilavios and finally to the “Internet Era”, with the narration of fairytales on YouTube and Spotify. Our goal is to feature the differences and weak spots from the archetypical form of this practice to its recent forms.
Presenters
Stavroula SotiropoulouPostgraduate Student, Folklore Studies, Department of Philology , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Greece
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Fairytale Narration, Means of Communication, Radio, Television, YouTube, Spotify
