Course Schedule and Reading Assignments: German 270. Spring 2010.

Tu. Jan. 19	Introduction: Syllabus, Course Requirements & Objectives; Introductory Lecture: The Folk Tale
	[Read for historical background: J. Zipes, “Spells of Enchantment: Overview of the History of Folk Tales” and R. Bottigheimer, “Grimms Tales & the 3000-Year Tradition”]
Th. Jan. 21	The Brothers Grimm & the Literary Folk Tale
	Read for today: J. Zipes, “Once There Were Two Brothers Named Grimm”
Tu. Jan. 26	Disciplining Children in 18th & 19th-Century Germany
	Read for today: Alice Miller, excerpts 1 & 2 from “Poisonous Pedagogy” in For Your Own Good

Th. Jan. 28	“Hansel & Gretel” & Family Values
	Read for today: Brothers Grimm, “Hansel & Gretel” (early & revised versions); J. Zipes, “The Rationalization of Abandonment and Abuse in Fairy Tales: The Case of Hansel & Gretel”
Tu. Feb. 2	Snow White: Some Day My Prince Will Come?
	Read for today: Grimms, “Snow White”; Gilbert & Gubar, “The Queen’s Looking Glass”
Th. Feb. 4	Snow White Behind the Iron Curtain: East German Snow White (DEFA)
	View for today DEFA Snow White (u-drive/germ270)
Tu. Feb. 9	Disney’s Snow White
	View for today Disney’s Snow White. Read: Zipes, “Breaking the Disney Spell.” (optional: Neil Gaiman’s “Snow, Glass, Apples”; Willingham, Medina, etc. Fables 1: Legends in Exile)
Th. Feb. 11	Disney’s Snow White (cont’d). U.S. Fairy Tales as Romance
	Read for Today: Marcia K. Lieberman, “Some Day My Prince Will Come”
Tu = Mo. Feb. 16	. No class. Monday schedule
Th. Feb. 18	Sleeping Beauty/Brier Rose.
	Read for today: C. Perrault, “Sleeping Beauty”; Brothers Grimm, “Sleeping Beauty” (first & revised versions) + sequel “The Stepmother” (optional: Anne Sexton poem)
Tu. Feb. 23	Sleeping Beauty & the Textile Workers in the GDR; the DEFA Sleeping Beauty
	Excerpts from DEFA Sleeping Beauty (u-drive/germ270)
Th. Feb. 25	Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
	View for today: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty
Tu. Mar. 2	Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose
	Read for today: Jane Yolen, Briar Rose
Th. Mar. 4	Yolen (cont’d) + Cartoons/Disney Goes to War [Cartoons as Propaganda]

Tu. Mar. 9	In-Class Mid-Term Examination. A-L in room ESCS II, 119; M-Z in Herter 227
Th. Mar. 11	Cartoons/Disney Go to War II
	Read for today: Gabler, WWII 1 & 2 + Gabler, "Communism"

SPRING BREAK
Tu. Mar. 23	Little Red Riding Hood & Female Sexuality: The Grandmother’s Tale
	Read for today: Orenstein, “LRRH: The Grandmother’s Tale” C. Perrault, “Little Red Riding Hood”; anon. “The Wolf-King or Little Red Riding Hood, (1801)
Tu. Mar. 23	Make-Up for Mid-Term Examination. 5:30-6:45, Room TBA
Th. Mar. 25	Little Red Riding Hood (cont’d):
	Read for today: Brothers Grimm, “Little Red Cap” (1812); Zipes, “Reviewing & Re-Framing Little Red Riding Hood”
Tu. Mar. 30	Little Red Riding Hood: Modern Versions
	Read for today: A. Carter, “The Company of Wolves”; Anne Sexton, “LRRH”
Th. Apr. 1	Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Sea Maid”
	Read for today: H. C. Andersen’s “The Little Sea Maid” and J. Zipes, “H.C. Andersen and the Discourse of the Dominated”
Tu. Apr. 6	Disney’s The Little Mermaid
	Read for today: Giroux, “Walt Disney’s Utopia” and “Kids’ Culture”
Th. Apr. 8	Disney’s Little Mermaid (cont’d)
	Read for today: Sells, “’Where Do the Mermaids Stand?’” Interview Assignments are due in class.
Tu. Apr. 13	Beauty & the Beast Read for today: de Beaumont, “Beauty & the Beast” and S. Jeffords, “The Curse of Masculinity”
Th. Apr. 15	Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Gender & Disney + Cinderella Read for today: Rowe, “Feminism”; C. Perrault, “Cinderella”; Brothers Grimm, “Cinderella”

Tu. Apr. 20	Disney’s Cinderella View Disney’s Cinderella; read for today: Sexton, “Cinderella”
Th. Apr. 22	Race and Fairy Tales Read for today: Cartwright & Goldfarb, “Disney in Latin America” and Miller & Rode, “The Disney You See…”
Tu. Apr. 27	The Disney Media Empire: Princess Culture Read for today: Giroux, “Disney & Politics of Public Culture”
Th. Apr. 29	Disney & the Marvel Characters: Modern Fairy Tales/ Fairy Tales & the Graphic Novel Read: TBA

Tu. May 4

Last Class. Evaluations. “The Squirrel” + Wrap Up & Review + Bambi meets Godzilla

May	Alternate Date for Final
May	Final exam as scheduled
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