Week 14 – May 7 & 9

Tuesday: “Once Upon a Time in Spain in 1944: The morphology of el laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth).”

Guest Speaker: Dr. Tom Deveny, Spanish

Thursday: Review for final exam, Evaluations

Blog Entry 12:  This is your final blog. In this blog, please reread all blogs you have written and reflect about what you have done and learned in the semester. How did you like the material covered? Was it challenging for you? Did you spend enough time reading the required material? Etc.  Blog is due by Thursday, May 9.

 
Final Exam: All Material studied in the second half of the semester, including the guest lectures. It will be on Tuesday, May 14, 1:30-4:30 p.m. in Hill Hall 015.

Week 13 – April 28 & May 2

Tuesday: Hans Christian Andersen

Read:  “Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen” (212-216)
“The Little Mermaid” (216-232)
“The Red Shoes” (241-245)

Oscar Wilde

Read: “Introduction: Oscar Wilde“ (246-250)
“The Selfish Giant” (250-253)
“The Happy Prince” (253-260)
“The Nightingale and the Rose (261-265)

Thursday: 1001 Nights and More: Arabic Folk and Fairy Tales
READ: 1001 Nights, pp 1-16 & “Tales of Goha” on Blackboard under Course Documents
Bruno Bettelheim, “Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Porter,” and “The Frame Story of 1001 Nights,” pp. 83-90.

Recommended Films: Watch one of the following films on DVD. They are on Reserve in Hoover Library: “Les mille et une nuits = The thousand and one nights.” DVD # 0185, v.9  or “The thousand and one nights: a historical perspective.” DVD # 0727 or “Arabian Nights” DVD

Homework Film: All students must watch the film “Pan’s Labyrinth” by Tuesday, May 7. The film is on reserve and also available on the Foreign Language Server under German > Esa > SIS 2015. The lab is open Sunday-Thursday from 5-10 p.m.

Week 12 – April 23 & 25

Tuesday: “Folktale and Storytelling Tradition from Kenya”

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ochieng' K'Olewe, Education

Thursday: “Myths and Legends of the Ādivāsīs in India”
Guest Speaker: Dr. Greg Alles, Religious Studies

Read: “Rāma in the Rāmāyāna” on Blackboard

Blog Entry 10: Write a reflection either on the lecture by Dr. Alles or Dr. Ochieng’ and show how the myths and legends of the Ādivāsīs in India or the Kenyan folktales are similar or different from those have read and discussed so far. How did you like his lecture and presentation? How did this enrich your knowledge of folk and fairy tales? Be reflective and elaborate on what you write. Blog is due by Sunday, April 28.

Term Paper is due by Thursday, April 25 2:40 p.m. (No Exception!)

Week 11 – April 16 & 18

 Tuesday: Jewish Folktale Tradition

READ: “The Rabbi Who Was Turned into a Werewolf,”
“A Dispute in Sign Languages” (42-44)
“The Rabbi and the Inquisitor” (157-158)
“Chelm Justice” (176-177)
“The Magic Mirror of Rabbi Adam” (276-282)
“It Could Always be Worse” (408-409) on Blackboard under Course Documents

Thursday:  Native-American Folk and Fairy Tales

Read: ”How Men and Women Got Together” (68-72),
“Deer Hunter and White Corn Maiden” (121-123),
“The Flying Head (233-234),
“How Mosquitoes Came to Be” (350-351) and
“The End of the World (474-475) on Blackboard under Course Documents.

Blog Entry 9: This entry should be either about the Jewish folktale tradition or on the Native-American stories and how these are distinctly different from those of European origins. What is unique about them?) Blog is due by Sunday, April 14.

Week 10 – April 9 & 11

Tuesday: “The Three Feathers” – A Jungian Interpretation

Read: Marie-Louise von Franz, Folktales as Therapy, chapters 2-4, pp. 24-69
 

Thursday: “The Three Feathers” – A Jungian Interpretation
Read: Marie-Louise von Franz, Folktales as Therapy, chapters 5 & 6, pp. 70-113

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Week 9 – April 2 & 4

Tuesday: Cinderella: Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

Read: “Introduction: Cinderella” (101-107)
“Yeh-hsien” (107-108)
Charles Perrault, “Donkeyskin” (109-116)
Brothers Grimm, “Cinderella” (117-122)
Joseph Jacobs, “Catskin” (122-125)
“The Story of the Black Cow” (125-127)
Lin Lan, “Cinderella” (127-131)
“The Princess in the Suit of Leather” (131-137)

Thursday: “African-American Storytelling Tradition”

Guest Speaker: Dr. Deborah Johnson-Ross, Interim Dean of Faculty

Read: “The Best of the Brownies’ Book” on Blackboard under Course Documents.

Blog Entry 8: This week’s blog entry should be either on Cinderella or the lecture by Dr. Johnson-Ross.
1. Cinderella is one of the so-called “rise tales”, which features a narrative arc of “rags to riches through magic and marriage” (Ruth Bottigheimer). Using the film as an example, write a reflection on this motif. Can someone reach success or riches with magic, marriage, charm, etc.? How realistic is that? OR
2. Write a blog entry about the African-American Story-Telling Tradition and the lecture by Dr. Johnson-Ross. What makes African-American folk and fairy tales unique? How are they different from others we have read?  Blog is due by Sunday, April 7.
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Week 8 – March 26 & 28

Week 8 – March 26 & 28

Tuesday: Villains: “Bluebeard”

Read: “Introduction: Bluebeard" (138-144)
Charles Perrault, "Bluebeard" (144-148)
Brothers Grimm, "Fitcher's Bird" (148-151)
Brothers Grimm, "The Robber Bridegroom" (151-154)
Joseph Jacobs, "Mr. Fox" (154-156)  

Thursday: Film: Pretty Woman or Disney’s Cinderella

Read: Bettelheim “Cinderella,” pp. 236-277

Blog Entry 7: This entry should be about Bluebeard as a villain: Which of the Bluebeard tales we have read did you like the most/ least? Why? How is this tale different from others we have read? What makes it special? Please elaborate and include quotes from the tale to prove your point of view; Blog is due by Sunday, March 31.

Week 7 – March 12 & 14

Tuesday: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Read: “Lasair Gheug, the King of Ireland’s Daughter” (90-96)
Ann Sexton, “Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs” (96-100)
S. Gilbert and S. Gubar, “Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother,” in: The Classic Fairy Tale, pp 291-297

Thursday: Midterm Exam will cover all materials studied in the first half of the semester including all required readings and fairy tales.

Week 6 – March 5 & 7

Tuesday: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Read: “Introduction: Snow White” (74-80)
Giambattista Basile, “The Young Slave” (80-83)
Brothers Grimm, “Snow White” (83-89)

Thursday: Film: Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs http://youtu.be/5kWr9e4JN5I

Read: Jack Zipes: “Breaking the Disney Spell,” in: The Classic Fairy Tale, pp 332-352

Blog Entry 6: Watch the music clip “Sonne” by Rammstein on YouTube and compare the story and persons, motifs, symbols in the music video with those in the “Snow White” fairy tales we have read in class. What is similar? What is different? Which one do you like better and why? Blog is due by Sunday, March 10.

Week 5 - Feb. 26 & 28

Tuesday: Beastly Bride(groom)

“Fairy Tales from a Jungian Perspective”- Guest Speaker: Dr. Paul Mazeroff, Psychology

Read: “Introduction: Beauty and the Beast” (25-32)
Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont, “Beauty and the Beast” (32-42)
Giovanni Straparola, “The Pig King” (42-47)
Alexander Afanasev, “The Frog Princess” (68-71)

Thursday: Beastly Bride(groom)

Read: Brothers Grimm, “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich” (47-50)
Angela Carter, “The Tiger’s Bride” (50-66)
“Urashima the Fisherman” (66-68)
“The Swan Maiden” (72-73)
Maria Tatar, "Sex and Violence," in: The Classic Fairy Tale, pp 364-373

Blog Entry 5: The topic of this blog entry is “A Jungian View of Fairy Tales.” What is the relationship between fairy tales and the Jungian psychoanalysis? Make sure to include what Dr. Mazeroff talked about.  Blog is due by Sunday, March 3.

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Week 4 - Feb. 19 & 21

Tuesday: Little Red Riding Hood – Loss of Innocence – Part 1

Read: “Introduction: Little Red Riding Hood” (3-10)
“The Story of the Grandmother” (10-11)
Charles Perrault, “Little Red Riding Hood” (11-13)
Zohar Shavit, “The Concept of Childhood and Children’s Folktales,” in: The Classic Fairy Tales, pp. 317-332.

Thursday: Little Red Riding Hood – Loss of Innocence – Part 2

Read: Brothers Grimm, “Little Red Cap” (13-16)
Italo Calvino, “The False Grandmother” (17-19)
Chiang Mi, “Goldflower and the Bear” (19-21)
Bruno Bettelheim, "Little Red Riding Hood,” pp. 166-183.

Blog Entry 4: Find a cartoon on-line with “Little Red Riding Hood” as a theme and write a reflection on that cartoon. What kind of cartoon is that (political, social)? How do you like it, etc.? Add a copy of the cartoon, name of cartoonist and the source (URL).  Blog is due by Sunday, Feb. 24.

Week 3 – Feb. 12 & 14

Tuesday: The Child as Hero

Read: Introduction: Hansel and Gretel," The Classic Fairy Tales, (179-184)
Brothers Grimm, "Hansel and Gretel" (184-190)
Brothers Grimm, "The Juniper Tree" (190-197)

Thursday: The Child as Hero

Read: Joseph Jacobs, "The Rose Tree" (197-199)
Charles Perrault, "Little Thumbling" (199-209)
Bruno Bettelheim, "Hansel and Gretel,” pp. 159-166.

Film: “Hansel & Gretel – An Appalachian Version”

Blog Entry 3: The topic of this blog entry is “The Child as a Hero.” Describe the role of various children as heroes in at least 2 fairy tales. Also explain the meaning of this from a Freudian (here Bettelheim) psychoanalytical point of view.  Blog is due by Sunday, Feb. 17, 9 p.m.

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Week 2 – Feb. 5 & 7

Tuesday:  Once upon a time …: History, Form and Theories of Fairy Tales

Read: Marie Louise von Franz, “Theories of Fairy Tales,” pp. 1-23

Film: The Brothers Grimm – Part 3

Thursday: Why read folk and fairy tales? Morphology of folk and fairy tales

Read: Bruno Bettelheim, “Introduction. The Struggle for Meaning,” pp. 3-19.

Film: The Brothers Grimm – Part 4

Blog Entry 2: Develop a one-page working definition of folk or fairy tale based on class discussions, materials we have read in class. Blog is due by Sunday, Feb. 10, 9 p.m.

Week 1 – Jan. 29 & 31

Tuesday: Introduction of Course and Material

Read: “Introduction,” The Classic Fairy Tales, pp. ix-xviii

Film: The Brothers Grimm – Part 1

Thursday: What are Folk and Fairy Tales

Read: “The Types of the Folktale,” The Classic Fairy Tales, pp. 373-378,
“Folklore and Literature” and “Morphology of the Folktale,” The Classic Fairy Tales, pp. 378-387

Film: The Brothers Grimm – Part 2

Blog Entry 1: Why did you choose this class? What are you hoping to accomplish in the course? What is your favorite folktale or fairy tale of all times and why? Blog is due by Sunday, Feb. 3, 9 p.m.

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Welcome to SIS 2015: Folk and Fairy Tales Around the World

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Once upon a time … For centuries folk and fairy tales have fueled the popular imagination of people of all ages around the world. The course provides an in-depth analysis of folk and fairy tale traditions. We will read, discuss and analyze folk and fairy tales from around the world, as well as modern folktale adaptations (film, music, art). In the course, folk and fairy tales will be illuminated from different perspectives, including formalist (structure and style), feminist, religious, sociological and psychoanalytic approaches.  

McDaniel Plan: International NonWestern, Sophomore Interdisciplinary Studies, Textual Analysis.

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Learning Objectives:  In this course, students will gain an appreciation of the larger context (cultural and historical) of the development of the genre “fairytale”. They will also gain a better understanding of the literary and form/stylistic characteristics of the genre. The course provides the students with the interpretative tools they need to critically examine fairy and folk tales from various scholarly approaches, above all psychoanalytical (Bruno Bettelheim (Freud), Marie-Louise von Franz (Jung)), feminist (Maria Tatar, Ruth Bottigheimer), Marxist (Jack Zipes), social (19th century nationalism and bourgeois construction of the family and children), and religious. In addition, they will demonstrate literary and cultural openness and appreciation of various cultures around the world.