4/15/2010.  Grimms’ to Disney’s Cinderella.

Lecture: Cinderella

Cinderella as a metaphor for American life: Princess culture = images

Film Clip: HBO Documentary: Child Beauty Pageants

Earlier Versions of Tale:

• Rashin Coatie (Scottish)
• French tale of  Mme D’Aulnoy, Finetta, The Cinder Girl
• La Gatta Cenerentola from Basile’s Pentamerone (I,6)

In-Class Writing Assignment:  Differences between Grimms & Perrault's tales?

Charles Perrault’s Cinderilla (1697):

Grimms’ Aschenputtel:

Film Clip: Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Gender