A Fairy Tale Generator?
Sep 21st, 2008 by Peta Andersen
The lovely folk at Brown University have provided us with a new toy: a fairy tale generator.
…the Proppian Fairy Tale Generator, [is] an experiment in electronic (re)writing and an exploration of the retranslation of modernist theory within the electronic environment.
How does it work? Tick the boxes for traits and elements you want to include, then hit the generate button, and behold! A fairy tale written just for you.
Curious about elements in other well-known tales?
Another way to use the generator is to use one of the preset options. Clicking one of the presets will select the functions that make up a certain tale-type. Click ‘generate’ as usual to generate your tale.
Users beware though: at present, the generator has no save function, so you’ll have to cut and paste your new favourite story if you want to save it.
