ENGL 378

Fall 2014

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Fairy Tales & Gender Formation
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as GWS 378. See GWS 378.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
61295
Lecture-Discussion
Q
12:30PM -1:45PM
TR
150 English Building
Mahaffey, V
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/14-12/10/14
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Discusses how femininity and gender formation are related through fairy tales. As children grow they are taught the difference between male and female roles. One of the main ways this instruction takes place is through the pleasurable media of fairy tales in books, poems, and more recently, films. Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid, among others, will be examined to understand how sexual identity is constructed differently in different cultures, and how issues such as rape and incest are addressed within the narratives. The readings explore the ways that fairy tales work to express psychological reactions to maturation while conditioning both characters and readers to adopt specific social roles in adulthood. Meets w/GWS 378, Sec. S (CRN 61294, Sec. S)
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