Algorithmic Thinking and Predictive Control in Fairy Tales A Critical Pragma-stylistic Analysis of Behavioral Regulation and Narrative Cognition

الملخص

               Fairy  tales  are  traditionally seen as imaginative narratives designed for children’s entertainment and as sources of moral values. However, they also act as  early  behavioral programming systems through repetitive narrative  patterns, con-ditional logic, and reward-punishment structures that  resemble modern algorithmic processes. This study explores the presence of algorithmic thinking  and  predictive control in selected fairy tales.Drawing on critical pragma-stylistic analysis, the study argues that  these  tales  operate  as  systems of  behavioral  regulation through rule-based  logic and anticipated consequences, resembling modern algorithmic systems.                                                   The study aims at examining how fairy tales encode behavioral rules through struc-tured sequences and how language is used pragmatically to support these norms. Stylistically, the  study  explores linguistic features  that  contribute   to  algorithmic thinking. From Critical perspective, it  explores  how  power  relations, gender roles, obedience, and survival are coded in linguistic and behavioral patterns. The findings show  that  fairy tales depend  on  conditional  logic, behavioral  prediction, reward-punishment systems, and ideological regulation.                                                                          It is concluded that fairy tales  function  as  proto-algorithmic  systems  that  encode behavioral  norms  and  guide  expectations  of outcomes.  The study contributes  to contemporary critical pragma-stylistic studies by combining traditional literary narra-tives with modern notions of cognition, computation, and behavioral modeling.