Course Schedule and Reading Assignments: German 270. Spring 08.

Tu. Jan. 29	Introduction: Syllabus, Course Requirements & Objectives; Introductory Lecture: The Folk Tale
	[Read for historical background: J. Zipes, “Spells of Enchantment: Overview of the History of Folk Tales” and R. Bottigheimer, “Grimms Tales & the 3000-Year Tradition”]
Th. Jan 31	The Brothers Grimm & the Literary Folk Tale
	Read for today: J. Zipes, “Once There Were Two Brothers Named Grimm”
Tu. Feb. 5	Disciplining Children in 18th & 19th-Century Germany
	Read for today: Alice Miller, excerpts 1 & 2 from “Poisonous Pedagogy” in For Your Own Good

Th. Feb. 7	“Hansel & Gretel” & Family Values
	Read for today: Brothers Grimm, “Hansel & Gretel” (early & revised versions); J. Zipes, “The Rationalization of Abandonment and Abuse in Fairy Tales: The Case of Hansel & Gretel”
Tu. Feb. 12	Snow White: Some Day My Prince Will Come?
	Read for today: Grimms, “Snow White”; Gilbert & Gubar, “The Queen’s Looking Glass”
Th. Feb. 14	Snow White Behind the Iron Curtain: East German Snow White (DEFA)
	View for today DEFA Snow White (u-drive/germ270)
Tu. Feb. 19	Monday Schedule. No Class.
Th. Feb. 21	Disney’s Snow White
	View for today Disney’s Snow White. Read: Zipes, “Breaking the Disney Spell.” (optional: Neil Gaiman’s “Snow, Glass, Apples”; Willingham, Medina, etc. Fables 1: Legends in Exile)
Tu. Feb. 26	Disney’s Snow White (cont’d). U.S. Fairy Tales as Romance
	Read for Today: Marcia K. Lieberman, “Some Day My Prince Will Come”
Th. Feb. 28	Sleeping Beauty/Brier Rose.
	Read for today: C. Perrault, “Sleeping Beauty”; Brothers Grimm, “Sleeping Beauty” (first & revised versions) + sequel “The Stepmother” (optional: Anne Sexton poem) Interview = NOT due = March 6 in class.
Mon. Mar. 3	Due date = changed to Thursday March 6th. in class
Tu. Mar. 4	Sleeping Beauty & the Textile Workers in the GDR; the DEFA Sleeping Beauty
	Excerpts from DEFA Sleeping Beauty (u-drive/germ270)
Th. Mar. 6	Disney’s Sleeping Beauty + Interview assignment due
	View for today: Disney’s Sleeping Beauty; read Midori Snyder, “Sleeping Beauty”
Tu. Mar. 11	Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose
	Read for today: Jane Yolen, Briar Rose (You can hand in a response paper 1-2 pages if you have to miss class.)

Th. Mar. 13	Cartoons/Disney Goes to War + Cartoons as Propaganda
	Read for today: Neil Gabler, excerpt from Walt Disney WWII-1&2; view Education for Death, Cartoons Go to War (u-drive/germ270)

SPRING BREAK
Tu. Mar. 25	Little Red Riding Hood & Female Sexuality: The Grandmother’s Tale
	Read for today: Orenstein, “LRRH: The Grandmother’s Tale” C. Perrault, “Little Red Riding Hood”; anon. “The Wolf-King or Little Red Riding Hood, (1801)
Th. Mar. 27	Little Red Riding Hood (cont’d):
	Read for today: Brothers Grimm, “Little Red Cap” (1812); Zipes, “Reviewing & Re-Framing Little Red Riding Hood”
Tu. Apr. 1	Little Red Riding Hood: Angela Carter & the movie Freeway
	Read for today: A. Carter, “The Company of Wolves”; Anne Sexton, “LRRH”
Th. Apr. 3	Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Sea Maid”
	Read for today: H. C. Andersen’s “The Little Sea Maid” and J. Zipes, “H.C. Andersen and the Discourse of the Dominated”
Tu. Apr. 8	Disney’s The Little Mermaid
	Read for today: Giroux, “Walt Disney’s Utopia” and “Kids’ Culture” Film on u-drive
Th. Apr. 10	Disney’s Little Mermaid (cont’d)
	Read for today: Sells, “’Where Do the Mermaids Stand?’”
Tu. Apr. 15	In-Class Examination. Rooms: A-L here; M-Z in Herter 227
Th. Apr. 17	Beauty & the Beast Read for today: Perrault, “Beauty & the Beast” and S. Jeffords, “The Curse of Masculinity”

Tu. Apr. 22 Make-Up Exam.	Cinderella: Older Versions of the Tale. The Princess Culture Read for today: Rowe, “Feminism”; C. Perrault, “Cinderella”; Brothers Grimm, “Cinderella” 6-7.30 pm. Room Bartlett 65
Th. Apr. 24	Disney’s Cinderella View Disney’s Cinderella (on u-drive)
Tu. Apr. 29	Race and Fairy Tales
	Read for today: Cartwright & Goldfarb, “Disney in Latin America” and Miller & Rode, “The Disney You See…”
Th. May 1	The Disney Media Empire: Princess Culture Read for today: Giroux, “Disney & Politics of Public Culture”

Tu. May 6

Grimms Enter the New Age: Robert Bly’s Iron John & the U.S. Men’s Movement Read for today: Brothers Grimm, “Iron Hans”; excerpt from Iron John: A Book about Men

Th. May 8	Robert Bly & the Myth of the Wild Man (cont’d) Read for today: Zipes, “Spreading Myths About Iron John”
Tu. May 13	Last Class. Evaluations. “The Squirrel” + Wrap Up & Review + Bambi meets Godzilla
	All make-up in-class writing assignments April 3-May 13 due.
Sat. May 17	Alternate Final Exam date. 1-3 pm. Herter auditorium. (Herter 229?)
Mon. May 19	Final Exam. 4-6 pm. Mahar auditorium