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.