L.ENG 234 - The Fractured Fairy Tale-EC

Credits: 3

This course is a hybrid of multiple genres (history, folklore, sociology, literature, and creative writing) which will explore the moral and sociological themes present in familiar canonical fairy tales such as “Snow White,” “Beauty And The Beast,” “Cinderella,” and “Little Red Riding Hood,” some of which linger to this day. These, however, will be coupled with more contemporary retellings that challenge some of the moral and gender-based prescriptions of the original stories. Lastly, as an additional way of understanding these texts, we will be choosing an original fairy tale and writing a revisionist response ourselves.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Creativity, Aesthetics, & Design-EC