GER 251

Spring 2026 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 20-May 6

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 spring 2026
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
60015	Discussion/ Recitation	AD1	10:00AM -10:50AM	F	115 David Kinley Hall	Fam, M Johnson, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context
60018	Discussion/ Recitation	AD2	11:00AM -11:50AM	F	115 David Kinley Hall	Fam, M Johnson, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context
60021	Discussion/ Recitation	AD3	1:00PM -1:50PM	F	115 David Kinley Hall	Johnson, L Ting, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context .
68654	Discussion/ Recitation	AD4	9:00AM -9:50AM	F	115 David Kinley Hall	Fam, M Johnson, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context
68655	Discussion/ Recitation	AD5	12:00PM -12:50PM	F	115 David Kinley Hall	Johnson, L Ting, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context
68656	Discussion/ Recitation	AD6	2:00PM -2:50PM	F	115 David Kinley Hall	Johnson, L Ting, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context
60024	Lecture	AL1	2:00PM -2:50PM	MW	116 Roger Adams Laboratory	Johnson, L	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Degree Notes: Humanities - Lit & Arts, and Cultural Studies - Western course. Section Info: GER 251 / ENGL 266 / CWL 254 The Grimms’ Fairy Tales in Context 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.