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  • Monstrous Fairytales: Towards an Écriture Queer

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    Baker, Dallas
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    Baker, Dallas J.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    This paper excavates the figure of the "monstrous queer" in some familiar fairytales and considers how queer writers working in the fairytale genre might rewrite such fairytales in pleasurable ways. The paper focuses on the moment of narrative closure in which the monster or villain of the tale is routinely killed or punished. The paper argues that the homocide of the queer monster is necessary foreplay to the heterosexual union which is the ultimate goal of much fairytale fiction.This paper excavates the figure of the "monstrous queer" in some familiar fairytales and considers how queer writers working in the fairytale genre might rewrite such fairytales in pleasurable ways. The paper focuses on the moment of narrative closure in which the monster or villain of the tale is routinely killed or punished. The paper argues that the homocide of the queer monster is necessary foreplay to the heterosexual union which is the ultimate goal of much fairytale fiction.
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    Journal Title
    Colloquy: text theory critique
    Volume
    20
    Publisher URI
    https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/colloquy/past-issues/colloquy-issue-20-december-2010
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2010. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. It is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website or contact the author.
    Subject
    Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/36548
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