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The document provides instructions for a take-home midterm exam due on February 24th. It should be typed and not emailed. Students are to answer three essay questions analyzing elements of myths they have learned about in class based on Joseph Campbell's monomyth model and Robert Bierlein's theories of existence. They must name the element being analyzed, cite the relevant part of the myth, and explain how it illustrates the element. There is also an optional extra credit question analyzing King Arthur psychologically through a character or symbol.
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This document contains a list of names including fairy tale characters like Snow White and Cinderella as well as names like Saba, Lugh, Epona, Ash, Emmi, Mercy, Jack, Maev, Nero, and names from different cultures such as Anh Mei Hsu and Rose Hsu Jordan. It also lists terms for methods of criticism including Feminist Criticism, Queer Theory, and Kyriarchy/Intersectionality.
Short paper assignment folktales
This document outlines an assignment to analyze and compare five fairy tales - Snow White, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast - based on elements identified in critical essays by Lois Tyson and Marcia K. Lieberman. Students must use quotes from both the fairy tales and critical essays in each paragraph. The analysis should interpret quotes from the tales to show underlying meanings, and find quotes from the essays that provide psychological depth beyond superficial outcomes like marriage. The paper must be at least two pages and follow MLA formatting.
Folktales presentation
This document discusses how folktales and fairy tales socialize children into patriarchal gender norms. It summarizes Lois Tyson's analysis of common folktales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Snow White, noting how they encourage feminine passivity, depict marriage as women's only goal, and portray good women as submissive, virginal, and in need of male rescue. The document also discusses Marcia K. Lieberman's analysis of patterns in folktales, such as beautiful girls being initially punished but later rewarded without agency, and poor girls being chosen by princes based on their beauty alone. Students are asked to analyze these tales using Tyson and Lieberman's frameworks and
A Best Friend EWRT 1A 4 pm
This document outlines the characteristics of a best friend, including respecting each other's independence and differences, having a true connection built on trust, having a natural chemistry and understanding each other's needs, and being someone who helps the other person grow and is there for them when they need support.
A best friend EWRT 1A 1:30
A best friend is genuinely happy for their friend's accomplishments, brings them up during difficult times, and feels completely comfortable around them. They are considerate of each other's time, share humor in an appropriate way, and are open while also defending each other from criticism or abuse. A best friend understands that people make mistakes, aims to balance giving and receiving help, and supports their friend while also providing helpful criticism during difficult times.
Rapunzel
1) A childless couple longs for a baby. The wife craves rapunzel from a nearby walled garden belonging to a feared sorceress.
2) The husband retrieves rapunzel but is caught by the sorceress, who agrees to their child in exchange. She names the baby girl Rapunzel.
3) At age 12, the sorceress locks Rapunzel in a tower, visiting by calling up for her long hair. A prince hears Rapunzel singing and plans to visit her.
Beauty and the Beast
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Beauty agrees to stay with the Beast to save her merchant father's life after he picks a rose for her and angers the Beast. She finds the Beast's enchanted castle well-appointed with everything she could need for comfort and amusement. Though frightened of the Beast, Beauty retains her courage and virtue, hoping her sacrifice will allow her father to live and return home safely.
Snow White
Snow White is a fairy tale about a beautiful princess with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black as ebony. She is raised by her stepmother, a vain queen who is threatened by Snow White's beauty and asks a huntsman to kill her. The huntsman spares Snow White and brings back the heart of a wild boar instead. Snow White finds refuge with seven dwarfs and keeps house for them. The jealous queen, in disguise, tricks Snow White twice using poisoned accessories but is eventually defeated when Snow White is revived.
The sleeping beauty in the wood
The Sleeping Beauty tells the story of a princess who is cursed by an evil fairy to prick her finger and die on her 17th birthday. A good fairy modifies the curse so that the princess will instead fall asleep for 100 years until awakened by a prince's kiss. On her 17th birthday, the princess pricks her finger and falls asleep along with the entire castle. Exactly 100 years later, a prince discovers the sleeping princess and awakens her with a kiss, breaking the enchantment. They fall in love and are married.
Cinderella
Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but her fairy godmother helps her attend the king's ball. At the ball, Cinderella dances with the prince but must flee before midnight, losing one of her glass slippers. The prince searches for the woman whose foot fits the slipper, and Cinderella is revealed as the beautiful woman from the ball when her foot fits the slipper. She marries the prince and lives happily ever after.
Feminism and Patrarchy
This document discusses concepts related to patriarchy, feminism, and gender norms. It presents lists of stereotypes and expectations for women and men under patriarchal systems, such as expectations around emotions, careers, relationships and more. The document also discusses how these norms are taught from an early age through folktales and cultural lessons. Students analyze how these norms impact and damage individuals and society, and consider whether they are changing. They are asked to find relevant quotes from assigned readings and discuss how their own views have changed through class discussion.
Class 2: Feminism and Patriarchy
This document discusses introducing concepts of patriarchy and feminism through an in-class exercise. Students are asked to work in gendered groups to identify societal expectations and norms for "good/bad" women and "real/inadequate" men. They then share their lists and discuss where these roles come from and how they impact individuals and society. The discussion is meant to help students examine their own views on patriarchy and feminism in relation to assigned readings. Students are also asked to analyze how folktales teach early gender norms and complete related homework.
Sisterhood
Sororities provide opportunities for sisterhood through intimate friendships, loyalty, trust, and emotional and physical affection. However, they can also encourage conformity, dependence on men, and exclusion from some activities typically associated with empowerment like sports or protest movements. While sororities nurture caring bonds, they may also involve backstabbing, cliques, and dishonesty between members.
Brotherhood
This document discusses characteristics of male-centered groups such as fraternities, sports teams, and militaries. It notes that these groups emphasize camaraderie, loyalty, and proving one's toughness through activities like hazing. They also tend to have hierarchical structures and encourage members to suppress emotions, take risks, and avoid seeking help.
First class
This document outlines a course on women in literature through the ages. It will examine how gender roles and cultural expectations are socialized through folktales told to children and the representations of women in various stages of life in literature. The course will analyze works including folktales, young adult fiction like Blood Red Road, The Joy Luck Club which explores the mother-daughter relationship, short stories by women of color and lesbians, and Tillie Olsen's novella Tell Me a Riddle about an old woman. Students will discuss concepts of sisterhood and brotherhood, complete a reading from Lois Tyson on feminist criticism, and read 100 pages per week from assigned works.
Readings and assignments sp 19
This document outlines the reading and assignment schedule for a literature course on women and literature for the spring semester. It includes:
1) Readings from feminist criticism books and folktales like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast due in mid-April.
2) Assignments on those folktales and the novel Blood Red Road in late April.
3) Readings in May from books like the Joy Luck Club and course reader essays on mothers and daughters.
4) More assignments and quizzes on those works through mid-May.
5) Final readings in June include Tell Me a Riddle and an essay on aging women, culminating in a final exam and essay at
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