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

Image: http://img-ipad.lisisoft.com/img/3/0/3024-2-the-three-feathers-interactive.jpg

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.
Images: 1. http://www.freizeitpark-welt.de/freizeitparks/efteling/fotos/presse/aschenputtel01.jpg
2. http://images.betterworldbooks.com/019/The-Best-of-the-Brownies-Book-9780195099416.jpg

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.