+1 862 207 3288 Peter Pan and Pinocchio share with other fairy tales their function as “coming of age” narratives. However,
Peter rejects adulthood, whereas Pinocchio, like Wendy and her brothers, adapt to the world of adulthood.
Compare and contrast how these short novels deal with the “maturation” theme so common in fairy tales.
1. Compare and contrast how the literary frame (as opposed to the larger religious frame) of the Pentamerone,
Thousand and One Nights and the Canterbury Tales function. Questions to consider might include the following:
What literary features do they have in common? What is different? What do the differences suggest about the
goals of the compilers of the collections? What are the literary effects of the frames? What literary
potential does the framing narrative offer the creator of the collections? How does the existence of
story-tellers as distinct from the stories told affect interpretation of the narratives themselves? How do the
frames support the “transformation,” “metamorphosis,” or “rite of passage” movement of the tales within the
collections themselves?
2. In a famous essay entitled, “The Storyteller,” Walter Benjamin wrote, “When someone goes on a trip, he has
something to tell about,” goes the German saying, and people imagine the storyteller as someone who has come
from afar. But they enjoy no less listening to the man [sic] who has stayed home, making an honest living, and
who knows the local tales and traditions.” Taking this as your starting point, compare and contrast how
Pentamerone and Thousand and One Nights address the question of the knowledge acquired by those who stay home
versus those who go on a journey. Think about the women who tell the stories in both collections and where
they have or have not travelled.
3. Peter Pan and Pinocchio share with other fairy tales their function as “coming of age” narratives. However,
Peter rejects adulthood, whereas Pinocchio, like Wendy and her brothers, adapt to the world of adulthood.
Compare and contrast how these short novels deal with the “maturation” theme so common in fairy tales.
4. Besides being “coming of age” novels, Peter Pan and Pinocchio are also “national” allegories, so “coming of
age” is as much about becoming a citizen of a nation as about individual development. Compare and contrast the
worlds that these novels induct their main characters into. Do they present a dark side of maturation into the
modern world that rather than affirming the endurance of the world as the traditional fairy tale suggests
present a murky view of adult responsibility.
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