2/18/10. The French & German Traditions: Sleeping Beauty

•     DEFA Sleeping Beauty: excerpts in class

•     Disney's Sleeping Beauty: on u-drive 2/23

Film Clip: Fractured Fairy Tales: “The Prince in Sleeping Beauty Land”

III.  Lecture: Charles Perrault’s French Tale Sleeping Beauty in the Wood (1697)
The French Context: (based on: Zipes, When Dreams Came True)

• themes of freedom of choice in marriage, fidelity, & justice; galanterie, tendresse, l’esprit.
• Mme D’Aulnoy, Mms de Murat, Mme L’Héritier
• Court life (Louis XIV)

[Charles Perrault 1628-1703):

• Histoires ou contes du temps passé (1697) & “Mother Goose Tales.”

Perrault’s Tale:

In-Class Writing Assignment:
How does the Grimms' version differ from Perrault's Sleeping Beauty in the Wood? Which version do you like better? Explain.

V.  Lecture: The Grimms’ Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)
Grimms Tale:

Questions about Grimm' Changes to Perrault’s Tale:

Final Film Clip: SNL's "Titey"

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