1- The Naked Saint does stray from the usual structure of a fairy tale. Instead of this overall sense of magic, these mystical aspects such as the sounds, wheel, curse are very reeled in magic. It is more of a person's experience. However the tale does have an orient setting and a lack of an exact time, which gives it elements of a fairy tale. The tale does have a heavy religious undertone with the naked saint being released from his human form and then transforming to an angel. So i think that overall this story is a tale of a person's experience and them experiencing the world with the new inclusion of music with fairy tale elements sprinkled in it.
2- The relationship between the music and poetic language, came more from when reading the story there was sense of interpretation which is common to song lyrics or pieces of music. One of the girls in my discussion group believes that the man could hear music because of having sex. This was an extremely far fetched idea for another girl in my group. The short tale does allow room for opinion and people can see what they want to see in the story just like music and songs.
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I forgot about the element of time...or lack there of...but definitely agree that that adds to the fairy tale-ness of the story. Also, I like the room for opinion and how that makes this literature similar to music.
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