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12N: Introduction to Literature
Spring Semester 2007
Monday and Thursday 9:30-10:45
Syllabus
Subject to revision
Thursday 1/18:Introduction:
The Meanings of "Fairy Tales"
Monday 1/22: 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)
- Italo Calvino, “The False Grandmother” (17-19)
- Chiang Mi, “Goldflower and the Bear” (19-21)
- Bruno Bettelheim, "The Struggle for Meaning" (269-273)
Thursday 1/25: Jack and the Beanstalk
Read the versions
of "Jack and the Beanstalk" by Joseph Jacobs and Andrew Lang.
Monday 1/29: Hansel & 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)
- Bruno Bettelheim, "Hansel and Gretel" (273-280)
- Robert Darnton, "Peasants Tell Tales: The Meaning of
Mother Goose" (280-291)
Thursday 2/1: The Frog Prince (and other animal lovers)
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)
Monday 2/5: Thesis workshop.
Thursday 2/8: 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)
First
essay due.
(Click
here for a brief guide to citing sources.)
Monday 2/12: Snow White
Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:
- 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 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
directed by Walt Disney (84 minutes):
- Saturday 2/10 at 10:00 PM on Channel 69
- Sunday 2/11 at 8:00 PM on Channel 69
- Sunday 2/11 at 10:00 PM on Channel 69
Thursday 2/15: 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)
Monday 2/19: No class meeting
-- President's Day Holiday.
Thursday 2/22: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)
- “The Story of the Black Cow” (125-127)
Monday 2/26: Donkeyskin
Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:
- Charles Perrault, “Donkeyskin” (109-116)
- Joseph Jacobs, “Catskin” (122-125)
- “The Princess in the Suit of Leather” (131-137)
- Marina Warner, "The Old Wives' Tale" (309-317)
Thursday 3/1: 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)
Monday 3/5:Thesis workshop
Thursday 3/8: "The Little Mermaid"
Read in The Classic Fairy Tales:
- “Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen” (212-216)
- “The Little Mermaid” (216-232)
Second
essay due.
SPRING BREAK
Monday 3/19: [class cancelled]
Thursday 3/22: "The Little Mermaid" Revised
Sometime over Spring Break, watch the Walt Disney production
of "The Little Mermaid" (1989).
Monday 3/26: "Little Red Riding Hood" Revisited
Read Angela Carter's short story "The Company of Wolves"
(handout) and view on Campus Cable the film The Company of Wolves,
written by Carter and directed by Neil Jordan (running time: 92 minutes) at
one of the following times:
- Tuesday 3/20 at 7:00 PM on Channel 69
- Wednesday 3/21 at 7:00 PM on Channel 69
- Wednesday 3/21 at 10:00 PM on Channel 69
- Sunday 3/25 at 7:00 PM on Channel 69
- Sunday 3/25 at 10:00 PM on Channel 69
Thursday 3/29: "Cinderella" and "Beauty
and the Beast" Revisited
In The Classic Fairy Tales, read Angela Carter's "The
Tiger's Bride," pp. 50-66.
On Campus Cable, watch the film Ever
After at one of the following times:
- Tuesday 3/27 at 7:00 PM on Channel 69
- Wednesday 3/28 at 7:00 PM on Channel 69
- Wednesday 3/28 at 10:00 PM on Channel 69
Monday 4/2: "Bluebeard" Revisited
In The Classic Fairy Tales, read Margaret Atwood's
"Bluebeard's Egg," pp. 156-178.
Thursday 4/12:Thesis
workshop, and Introduction to the Research Paper.
Monday 4/16: Library instructional session.
Third
essay due.
Thursday 4/19:
Class presentations.
Monday 4/23: Individual conferences.
Thursday 4/26:Class presentations.
Monday 4/30: Class presentations.
Research
paper due.
Friday 5/4: Research papers returned.
Wednesday 5/9: Revisions
of research paper due.