Sexually Ever After: Cultural Impositions on Psychosexual Development in Myth and Fairy Tales

Authors

Lara Koenig, The College of Wooster

Abstract

A cross comparison of several myths and fairy tales that identifies literary elements such as themes, patterns, and symbols that reveal the effects of social and cultural pressures on the psychosexual development of both characters and readers.

Advisor

Alkemeyer, Brian

Department

English

Recommended Citation

Koenig, Lara, "Sexually Ever After: Cultural Impositions on Psychosexual Development in Myth and Fairy Tales" (2013). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 411.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/411

Disciplines

English Language and Literature | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Keywords

fairy tales, myth, psychoanalysis, psychology, literature, sexuality, gender

Publication Date

2013

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis