Anti-Tales in Question: A Study on “Cinderella” of The Grimm Variations (2024)

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 41 Sayı: 2, 632 - 641, 30.12.2024

Oğuzhan Ayrım

https://doi.org/10.32600/huefd.1485443

Öz

The Grimm Variations is an episodic anime series released on Netflix in April 2024. The series is composed of six classical stories of fairy tales inspired by the Brothers Grimm stories, from Cinderella to Little Red Riding Hood, from Hansel and Gretel to the Town Musicians of Bremen. The nature of the variations in the series does not come from the transfer of the stories as they are, but rather from certain changes in their content. The shifting rendition in each episode, however, comes with what we might call “a dark twist” and poses the question of “what if” Cinderella was not depicted as a passive heroine, and the Little Riding Hood was the one that hunts the wolf? These varied questions and answers are what classify this series as the composition of anti-tales, a phenomenon that is succinctly utilised by the feminist subversions of classical misogynistic stories. A comprehensive study of all episodes would be such a vast subject for this article. Therefore, this article limits itself to the critical standing of the first episode, “Cinderella”. The purpose of this article is to investigate the critical feminist standing of the Cinderella story as an anti-tale in its 2024 rendition on a comparative basis with the classical story of the Brothers Grimm version.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Cinderella, Brothers Grimm, The Grimm Variations, anti-tales, fairy tales, feminist retellings

Karşıt Masallar: Grimm Varyasyonları’nın (2024) “Külkedisi” Bölümü Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Öz

Grimm Varyasyonları, Nisan 2024’te Netflix’te yayınlanan, epizodik bir anime serisidir. Seri, Külkedisi adlı öyküden Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız masalına, Hansel ve Gretel’den Bremen Mızıkacıları gibi masallara kadar Grimm Kardeşler hikayelerinden ilham alan altı klasik peri masalından oluşuyor. Ancak serideki varyasyonların niteliği öykülerin olduğu gibi aktarımıyla değil, aksine içeriğine yapılan belli başlı değişikliklerden gelmektedir. Bununla birlikte, her bölümdeki değişen yorum, “karanlık eğilim” diyebileceğimiz değişiklikleri getirmekle beraber “Ya Külkedisi pasif olarak tasvir edilmeseydi?” veya “Ya Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız kurdu avlayan konumda olsaydı?” gibi soruları gündeme getirmektedir. Buna benzer sorular ve cevaplar bu seriyi karşıt masallar olarak sınıflandırılmasını sağlayan özellik olmakla beraber bunlar aynı zamanda klasik eril hikayelerin tersyüz edilmesinde feminist yazarlar tarafından kullanılan stratejilerden bazılarıdır. Tüm bölümlerin kapsamlı bir çalışması bu makale için çok geniş bir konu olacaktır. Bu nedenle bu makale kendisini ilk bölüm olan “Külkedisi” adlı hikâyenin nasıl eleştirel bir tutum takındığını analiz etmekle sınırlandırmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, bu makalenin amacı “Külkedisi” bölümünün bir karşıt masal olarak eleştirel feminist duruşunu, Grimm Kardeşler versiyonunun klasik öyküsüyle karşılaştırmalı olarak incelemektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Külkedisi, Grimm Kardeşler, Grimm Varyasonları, karşıt masallar, peri masalları, feminist (yeniden) yazımlar

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