The diploma thesis Comparison and Analysis of Violence in the Fairy Tales of the Grimm Brothers and Svetlana Makarovič begins with a presentation of youth literature, which includes the fairy tale. It details the types of fairy tales and their main features. This is followed by an examination of the topic of violence and its forms, with an emphasis on child abuse, particularly the topic of violence in fairy tales. The theoretical part is concluded with a description of the lives and works of the authors, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and Svetlana Makarovič.
The thesis continues with a description and detailed analysis of the five selected fairy tales by each author. The selected fairy tales for Brothers Grimm are The Two Brothers, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Snow-White and Rose-Red, and The Golden Bird, and for Svetlana Makarovič Kokoška Emilija, Sapramiška, Ščeper in mba, Šuško in gozdni dan, and Tacamuca.
The main section of the diploma thesis includes tables that show the forms of violence, examples of motifs of violence in the selected fairy tales, and the interpretations of violence.
The purpose of the diploma thesis is to present a comparison of the presence of the motifs of violence in fairy tales by the same author, followed by a comparison of the presence of the motifs of violence in fairy tales by different authors.
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