Red as blood, white as snow, black as crow: chromatic symbolism of womanhood in fairy tales
Since Brent Berlin and Paul Kay's classic study on Basic Color Terms, the universal chromatic trio of white, red, and black became a matter of scholarly interest. This article examines uses of this chromatic trio to depict ideal womanhood in European fairy tales. Chrétien de Troyes wrote that t...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19149 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/19149 |