One of the ways in which culture becomes enriched is through reconsideration and reinterpretation of well-known stories, and classic fairy tales provide promising material for investigation of the nature of this complex process. The Walt Disney Company is among the most powerful tellers of classic tales, its line of princess animations being an example of simultaneous development and preservation of the fairy-tale phenomenon in a changing cultural context. We analyse the dialogue among classic and modern princess stories and the discussions that these stories give rise to in English-language academic criticism and English-based participatory culture. We focus on the interaction among authors, texts and readers, showing how traditional tales balance between mythological and nonmythological consciousness, between innovative and canonical art. Th e diversity of fans’ practices may be seen as a key to possible explanation of why fairy tales exist in culture as a complex, constantly growing web, not as a limited number of selected final versions. Amateur authors demonstrate their interest in the mythopoetics of classic fairy tale plots. They are attracted by the old romantic myth that stands behind princess stories, participate in the creation of the romantic antimyth that is supported by the professional critics, and expect the appearance of new modern myths that might be generated by the new productions of Disney. New fairy tales appear, but this does not result in the disappearance of the old ones. Not only the interests towards the plots themselves, but also discussions and conflict around classic stories keep them topical for contemporary heterogeneous audiences.

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转换与重复之间的童话：观众如何通过迪士尼公主的故事重新思考浪漫的大神话

丰富文化的一种方式是通过对著名故事的重新思考和重新诠释，而经典的童话故事为研究这一复杂过程的性质提供了有希望的材料。沃尔特迪斯尼公司是经典故事最有力的讲述者之一，其公主动画系列是在不断变化的文化背景下同时发展和保存童话现象的一个例子。我们分析了古典和现代公主故事之间的对话，以及这些故事在英语学术批评和基于英语的参与文化中引起的讨论。我们关注作者，文本和读者之间的互动，展示传统故事如何在神话和非神话意识之间，创新艺术与规范艺术之间取得平衡。粉丝行为的多样性可能被视为可能解释为什么童话在文化中作为一个复杂且不断发展的网络而不是有限数量的最终版本存在的关键。业余作者展示了他们对经典童话情节的神话学的兴趣。他们被公主故事背后的古老浪漫神话所吸引，参加了由专业评论家支持的浪漫反神话的创作，并期望迪士尼的新作品可能会产生新的现代神话。新的童话出现了，但这并没有导致旧童话的消失。不仅对剧情本身感兴趣，而且围绕经典故事的讨论和冲突也使它们成为当代异类观众的话题。