Week 4 - Feb. 19 & 21
Tuesday: Beastly Bride(groom):
Beauty and the Beast
Read: “Introduction: Beauty and the Beast” (30-39)
Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont, “Beauty and the Beast” (39-50)
Giovanni Straparola, “The Pig King” (50-55)
Brothers Grimm, “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich” (55-58)
Jeanne-Marie de Beaumont, “Beauty and the Beast” (39-50)
Giovanni Straparola, “The Pig King” (50-55)
Brothers Grimm, “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich” (55-58)
Thursday: Read: Angela
Carter, “The Tiger’s Bride” (58-74)
“Urashima the Fisherman” (74-77)
Alexander Afanasev, “The Frog Princess” (68-71)
“The Swan Maiden” (79-80)
Maria Tatar, "Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairy tales,"
in: The Classic Fairy Tale, pp 446-456
“Urashima the Fisherman” (74-77)
Alexander Afanasev, “The Frog Princess” (68-71)
“The Swan Maiden” (79-80)
Maria Tatar, "Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairy tales,"
in: The Classic Fairy Tale, pp 446-456
Blog
Entry 4: Choose two of the fairy
tales we read and discussed in class and compare and contrast them by focusing
on one single aspect: Sex and violence, transformation of the beast,
reinforcement of patriarchal order, etc. What is similar? What is different?
Which one do you like better and why? Blog is due by Sunday, February 24.
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