MYTH, FOLKTALE AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE 234

READINGS REQUIRED FOR MIDTERM EXAMINATION

 

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Ende, Michael. The Neverending Story (excerpts provided).
Flack, Marjorie. Angus and the Cat.
Say, Allen. Emma's Rug.
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.

 

African tales

   The Adventures of Mrile (Chaga)
   How the Lesser Gods Came Into the World (Ashanti)
   The Hare [and the Baboon] (Thonga)
   The Rabbit and the Antelope (Bakongo)
   The Fable of the Stomach (Ibo)
   The King with the Cannibal Tastes (Hausa)
   The Swallowing Monster (Basuto)
   M'wambia and the N'Jenge (Akikuyu)
   The Wonderworker of the Plains (Baronga)
   How the Earth was Peopled (Ngombe)

 

German tales

   Tom Thumb or Thumbling; Tom Thumb's or Thumbling's Wanderings
   The Companionship of Cat and Mouse
   Hansel and Gretel
   Red Riding-Hood or Little Red Cap
   Rampion or Rapunzel
   Clever Peggy or Clever Else
   The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
  
One Eye, Two Eyes and Three Eyes
   The Three Feathers
   The Queen Bee
   Hans my Hedgehog, or John My Hedgehog
   The Swindler and his Master or The Thief and his Master
   The Brother and Sister
   The Twelve Brothers
   The Seven Ravens
   Foundling or Foundling Bird or Fundevogel
   The Ash Girl or Cinderella

 

Hungarian

 

Other

 

The Black Bull and the Garaboncias The Pancake (Norwegian)
The Grateful Garaboncias The Giant Who Had No Heart in his Body (Norwegian)
Three Kids, the Billy Goat and the Wolf The Doctor and His Pupil (French)
The Son of the Cow with the Broken Horn Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian)
The Witch's Donuts
The Tale of a King, a Prince and a Horse

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