GER 251

Fall 2025 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 25-Dec 10

Grimm's Fairy Tales in Context

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Credit: 3 hours.

Special attention is paid to the Grimms' tales in terms of traditional narrative genres, elements of life in early modern Europe, and versions from Italy and France as well as Germany. Course is conducted in English.

Same as CWL 254 and ENGL 266. Credit is not given for both GER 251 and GER 250.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

Cultural Studies - Western

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GER 251 class schedule data for fall 2025
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
61886	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	12:00PM -12:50PM	F	106B6 Engineering Hall	Cornell, W Jenkins, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
61887	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	106B6 Engineering Hall	Cornell, W Jenkins, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
61888	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	2:00PM -2:50PM	F	3217 Everitt Laboratory	Cornell, W Jenkins, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course.
61867	Lecture	AL1	12:00PM -12:50PM	MW	1092 Lincoln Hall	Jenkins, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/25-12/10/25 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: Get ready to experience tales you thought you knew and tales you never knew. We read substantial parts of the Grimms' 19th-century collections and some of their French and Italian predecessors, and we consider other storytelling forms, film, and illustration. All the while, we investigate how power, gender, race, class, and ecological issues play out in these surprisingly dense, meaningful, and very old stories. Why do we continue to tell and to know these tales? Why do certain stories recur again and again, in Western and other cultures? The power of narrative is at the center of our lives, and of these tales, and by the end of the semester we will understand this power much better. This course fulfills General Education requirements in Literature and the Arts and in Western and Comparative Culture. Same as CWL 254 and ENGL 266. Credit is not given for both GER 251 and GER 250.