HUMN 3020

The course explores the role of fables and fairy tales in Western European culture. The course will focus on Germany, Italy, and France, and will also include material from ancient Greece and Rome. Students will explore how and why stories change as they cross national or temporal borders. Topics may include didactic uses of these genres, particularly in the education of children and the shaping of gender roles, the allegorical fairy tale and its role in Romanticism, fairy tales and fables as a tool for political commentary. Authors may include the Brothers Grimm, ETA Hoffmann, Basile, Perrault. Lectures and texts are in English. [Offering(s): Offered in odd-numbered years.][Department(s): School of Languages and Literatures]