WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF?: INVERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS IN FANTASTIC LITTLE RIDING HOODS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

The aim of this study is to understand the meaning of the unusual recreation of fairy tales in the current narrative written in Spanish. Taken as an example << Little Red Riding Hood >>, we rely on parody's concept (Hutcheon 2000), which can be charac-terized as the repetition of an hypotext, a genre or a convention, while introducing the difference or a critical comment on the parodied object. In addition to the classic works of Jack Zipes (1986, 1993 [1983], 2012 [1983], 2014 [2012]), as well as the abundant bibliography generated around the versions of Charles Perrault and the Broth-ers Grimm, this paper considers the reflections of Catherine Orenstein (2003 [2002]) about the meanings of << Little Red Riding Hood >> and its adaptability to diverse cultural patterns. From feminist and fantastic studies, we analyze some recent rewrit-ings by Ana Maria Shua, Ema Wolf, Pilar Quintana, Kathy Serrano, Patricia Esteban Erles, Cristina Rivera Garza, Giovanna Rivero, Cristina Fernandez Cubas and Ana Martinez Castillo.