How Do We See Fairy Tales Today?

In the last modules, you’ve read, listened to, or watched many fairy tales as they were collected, recorded, written, and shaped by some of the people most associated with fairy tales. Some may have come from oral tales and then shifted to literary versions. These aren’t so much the “original” tales but recorded versions that have had lasting staying power in this textual form. Most of these stories were written to be shared with adults and children. But fairy tales are constantly shifting and changing. They permeate our culture. Some stick around more than others.