12 September 2008 Class Notes

• Group presentations will consist of your take on the book "Wizard of Oz." It can be a graphic novel, short film, whatever your group comes up with...but whatever you do, your group must keep it a secret! Sexson wants to be surprised!
• Talked about how children's skip/jump rope songs talk about fairy tales..."Cinderella dressed in yella, went downstairs to kiss her fella, made a mistake and kissed a snake, how many doctors did it take?"
• Poems, instead of asking what do they mean, ask HOW?
• Universal Quest - Separation, Initiation, Return. Deals with this idea of having to go somplace else to find the treasure, even if it's in your own backyard. You won't realize it's there unless you go somewhere else to look for it. (Like in the Wizard of Oz)
• Freud and fairy tales, physcoanalyzing fairy tales
• Aarne-Thompson Folktale Index