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ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ Δ. ΜΑΛΑΦΑΝΤΗΣ, ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΙΚΟ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΚΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ
ΡΕΑ ΚΑΚΑΜΠΟΥΡΑ, ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΤΡΙΑ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΡΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΙΚΟ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΕΘΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΚΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ ΑΘΗΝΩΝ
ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΚΑΤΣΑΔΩΡΟΣ, ΑΝΑΠΛΗΡΩΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΙΔΑΓΩΓΙΚΟ ΤΜΗΜΑ ΔΗΜΟΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΙΟΥ ΑΙΓΑΙΟΥ
Summary:
This paper attempts to examine the representations of the two sexes in the folk tales of Kefalonia. Specifically, it focuses on the roles that men and women have in them, their attitude and behavior, their lives in both private and public life and the relationships between them. Moreover, since the folk tale is a creation of the common people, a connection is made with the facts of the traditional Greek societies of the past years, where the female sex was often treated as inferior to the male.
Forty tales of the island were selected for the preparation of this study, which constitute the body of research. Specifically, eight fairy tales were used from the work Folk tales of the Ionian Islands (2006), by Gianna Sergi, eight variations of the fairy tale of Stachtiarou, published in the 2nd volume of the magazine Kefallinian Chronicles (1977), five variations of the fairy tale The smart village girl, published in the 3rd volume of the magazine Kefallinian Chronicles (1978-1979), twelve fairy tales from the village of Karavados, published in the magazine Kymothoi (2011) and four more fairy tales from the area of Livathos in the same issue of the same magazine and finally three variations of The Tale of the Lost Child, as published in the proceedings of the conference Folklore and Ethnography in the Ionian Islands (2005).
The most suitable method for this research was the qualitative survey of content analysis and the heroes and heroines of fairy tales were chosen as the recording unit. There are two main categories of gender, the first is men and the second is women. However, in each of the two categories, several sub-categories were created, which were intended to examine more elements, such as the roles played by the two sexes in fairy tales, their character and behavior, their action within their own home and outside of it and the relationships between them.
The results of the research showed that male heroes of folk tales held a more advantageous position in society, than female heroines. They are mostly out of the house, involved in public life. Generally, they are active heroes who do not hesitate to act and achieve their goals and desires. On the other hand, the majority of women are presented as passive heroines with far less freedom, confined mainly within their own home, responsible for the care of their family. Exceptions to this are the evil heroines, who are active, but with the intention of harming others and they usually target other women than men.
Keywords:
Kefalonian tales, Folk tales, Representations, Gender
