EN 12M: Introduction to Literature

Spring Semester 2005

Tuesday and Friday 11:00-12:15 in CNS 103

Syllabus

Subject to revision

Tuesday 1/18:Introduction.

Friday 1/21: Little Red Riding Hood.

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• “Introduction” (pp. ix-xviii)
• “Introduction: Little Red Riding Hood” (3-10)
• “The Story of the Grandmother” (10-11)
• Charles Perrault, “Little Red Riding Hood” (11-13)
• Brothers Grimm, “Little Red Cap” (13-16)
• James Thurber, “The Little Girl and the Wolf” (16-17)
• Italo Calvino, “The False Grandmother” (17-19)
• Chiang Mi, “Goldflower and the Bear” (19-21)
• Roald Dahl, “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf” (21-22)
• Roald Dahl, “The Three Little Pigs” (22-24)

Tuesday 1/25: Little Red Riding Hood

Read in the Electronic Reserves [password: red]:

• Angela Carter, “The Company of Wolves”

View on Campus Cable “The Company of Wolves,” directed by Neil Jordan (running time: 92 minutes) at one of the following times:

• Sunday 1/23 at 9:30 PM on Channel 69
• Monday 1/24 at 9:30 PM on Channel 69

Friday 1/28: Beauty and the Beast.

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• “Introduction: Beauty and the Beast” (25-32)
• Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, “Beauty and the Beast” (32-42)

Tuesday 2/1: Beauty and the Beast.

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• Angela Carter, “The Tiger’s Bride” (50-66)

View on Campus Cable (times to be announced):

• "La Belle et la Bête," directed by Jean Cocteau (90 minutes)

Friday 2/4: The Frog Prince

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• Giovanni Straparola, “The Pig King” (42-47)
• Brothers Grimm, “The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich” (47-50)
• “Urashima the Fisherman” (66-68)
• Alexander Afanasev, “The Frog Princess” (68-71)
• “The Swan Maiden” (72-73)

Tuesday 2/8: Thesis workshop.

Friday 2/11: Shakespeare, Othello, Act 1

Draft of first essay due.

Tuesday 2/15: Shakespeare, Othello, Act 2

Friday 2/18: Shakespeare, Othello, Act 3

First essay due.

Tuesday 2/22: Shakespeare, Othello, Act 4

Friday 2/25: Shakespeare, Othello, Act 5

Tuesday 3/1: Thesis Workshop

Friday 3/4: Snow White

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• “Introduction: Snow White” (74-80)
• Giambattista Basile, “The Young Slave” (80-83)
• Brothers Grimm, “Snow White” (83-89)
• “Lasair Gheug, the King of Ireland’s Daughter” (90-96)

Draft of second essay due.

[SPRING BREAK]

Tuesday 3/15: Snow White

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• Ann Sexton, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (96-100)
• S. Gilbert and S. Gubar, “Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother” (291-297)
• Jack Zipes, “Breaking the Disney Spell” (332-352)

View on Campus Cable (times to be announced):

• "Snow White," directed by Walt Disney (84 minutes)

Friday 3/18: Cinderella

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• “Introduction: Cinderella” (101-107)
• “Yeh-hsien” (107-108)
• Brothers Grimm, “Cinderella” (117-122)
• Lin Lan, “Cinderella” (127-131)

Second essay due.

Tuesday 3/22:Donkeyskin

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• Charles Perrault, “Donkeyskin” (109-116)
• 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)

Friday 3/25: No class-- Easter Recess

Tuesday 3/29: Bluebeard

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• "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)
• Margaret Atwood, "Bluebeard's Egg" (156-178)

Friday 4/1: No class.

Tuesday 4/5: Hansel and Gretel

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• "Introduction: Hansel and Gretel" (179-184)
• Brothers Grimm, "Hansel and Gretel" (184-190)
• Brothers Grimm, "The Juniper Tree" (190-197)
• Joseph Jacobs, "The Rose Tree" (197-199)
• Charles Perrault, "Little Thumbling" (199-209)
• Joseph Jacobs, "Molly Whuppie" (209-211)

Friday 4/8: The Little Mermaid

Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:

• “Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen” (212-216)
• “The Little Mermaid” (216-232)

Tuesday 4/12: Thesis workshop.

Friday 4/15: Library instructional session.

Draft of third essay due.

Tuesday 4/19:Methods and problems in research and writing.

Friday 4/22: Class presentations.

Third essay due.

Tuesday 4/26: Class presentations.

Friday 4/29:Class presentations.

Draft of research paper due.

Tuesday 5/3: Individual conferences.

Friday 5/6: Research paper due.