English Abstract
Abstract :
In this research, the use of power in the language used in fairy tales was investigated with the intention of unraveling the impact of it.
The main objective of this thesis was to conduct a critical discourse analysis (CDA) on a number of fairy tales to explore some of the ideas that are delivered through these stories using the notion of power and the power of language. Four stories were selected from the distinguished collection of fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers to be analyzed.
The tool utilized for performing CDA was the Fairclough’s three -dimensional model. The research design was both qualitative and quantitative where the research involved an in-depth critical discourse analysis based on the Fairclough model, segmented into three stages, where each stage investigates the stories distinctly. In addition, the quantitative section of the research contains a numeric calculation of the vocabulary associated with the notion of power.
The findings showed that the majority of the stories analyzed shared a number of ideologies that hold a negative message. Ideologies such as affirming detrimental stereotypes namely the evil stepmother, females’ beauty is critical in all situations, and powerful women are either wicked or villainized. Additionally, violence was closely related to the concept of power where it pushes the reader to believe that violence leads to attaining power.
Keywords: Fairy tales, Critical discourse analysis (CDA
