Week 6 – March 5 & 7

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

Read: “Introduction: Cinderella” (139-145)
           “Yeh-hsien” (146-148)
           Brothers Grimm, “Cinderella” (148-153)
           Charles Perrault, “Donkeyskin” (154-162)
           Joseph Jacobs, “Catskin” (166-169)

           “The Story of the Black Cow” (169-171)
           Lin Lan, “Cinderella” (171-175)
          “The Princess in the Suit of Leather” (175-181)

Presentation: Danielle: Bettelheim “Cinderella,” pp. 236-277

Thursday:No class: Watch Films: Pretty Woman (https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8llxvz8mh3k67v/PrettyWoman.mp4?dl=0) and Disney’s Cinderella ( ) Make sure to download them first.

Blog Entry 6: Cinderella is one of the so-called “rise tales”, which features a narrative arc of “rags to riches through magic and marriage.” Using the fairy tales and the films “Pretty Woman” and "Cinderalla by Disney" as an example, write a reflection on this motif. Can someone reach success or riches with magic, marriage, charm, etc.? How realistic is that? Blog is due by Sunday, March 10.