What Comes Around, Goes Around
Even as the feminist movement sweeps through fairytales there’s a spot for stories more traditional in feel. These tales fall under the postmodern literature genre. What exactly is postmodern literature? It focuses on the need for expanding classic stories in a joyous retelling of the tales (jahsonic, par. 2). The end of a postmodern fairytale is always left open for questioning what happens next. It is the reader’s job to decide the character’s fate after the story is said and done. This is done by focusing on elements of the original pieces. Perhaps the story centers on a character, but portrays him or her differently than in the fairytale. Tanith Lee’s Wolfland , as a retelling of Little Red Ridinghood follows that storytelling route. It’s a retelling of. In the tale, the grandmother is not eaten by a wolf. In fact, she is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing; she is a werewolf. Lisel, unlike the granddaughter in the classic story doesn’t wait to be saved from what appears...