CHL 425 Folk and Fairy Tales
Examines fairy and folktales from classical origins to modern anthologies, orality to literacy, focusing on the Grimms and the phenomenon they canonized. Considers the cultural and psychological messages encoded in the tales, the various frames placed around them by their tellers (old women, male philologists, jongleurs, and modern anthologizers), and the various historical and social functions tales have filled at different times. Also surveys the major 19th and 20th century schools of tale interpretation. Develops skills in close reading and analysis of tales. Staff.