LITTLE RED RIDING THE WEB: FROM MYTH TO FLASH FICTION AND MEMES (WITH A POLITICAL TURN OF THE SCREW)

Abstract

We know the tale of Little Red Riding Hood through literary versions, mainly those of Perrault y the Brothers Grimm. But it involves many mythemes and, as a matter of fact, can be considered itself as a myth that became a tale, still keeping elements from a non-rational explanation of some questions concerning human being. Contemporary fiction offers many versions of the tale, challenging the old tale and giving new meanings to it. Many examples are provided by microfiction in Spanish. Within the last two decades, Internet has become the arena where these microfictions have been shared and viralized, and now they live together with Twitter-born stories, fan art, etc. In our paper we analyze some intermedia works (memes and cartoons) where Little Red Riding Hood, the most popular folktale, expresses political ideas bound to news.