(STRUCTURALISM) Little Red Riding Hood

THEORY

STRUCTURALISM

-It interpret a text or part of a text by taking its language apart(study word derivations, sentence syntax, etc.

-Its meaning resides in the structure of language, not in art nor in the reader's mind.

TITLE

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

SYNOPSIS

Little Red Riding Hood was, originally, an old French fairy tale about a young girl who meets a Big Bad Wolf in the forest.

The story revolves around a young girl named Little Red Riding Hood, after the red hooded cloak or cape she always wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her grandmother, who was ill. There, a big bad wolf appears and asks Little Red Riding Hood where she is going, and she naïvely tells him. The wolf suggests she should pick some flowers, which she does. Meanwhile, he goes to the grandmother’s house and pretends to be the girl. After the grandmother lets him in, he swallows her whole, and waits for her, disguised as the grandma.

When the girl arrives, she right away notices that her grandmother looks somewhat strange. She then says, “What big hands you have!” to which the big bad wolf replies, “The better to eat you with” and swallows her up as well. A huntsman, however, comes to the rescue just at the right moment and cuts the wolf open. Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood emerge shaken, but unharmed. 

ANALYSIS

Every story has its own beginning, middle and end yet not all of it is being presented in order.

Little Red Riding Hood offers the proper order of each plot, making the reader clearly understand the message of the story itself- exact reason why Little Red Riding Hood is under the theory of Structuralism.