Friday, October 10, 2008

6 October Class Notes

  • Added new books to working bibliography. See my list for all the books we have so far.
  • Reference to fairy tales: Mister Ed based on Frances the mule which leads back to Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
  • The Storyteller. In Disney's Aladdin, the storyteller (Persian version) is the man at the beginning who is trying to sell us the lamp.
  • Psyche's soul seems to be illustrated as a butterfly in some versions.
  • Sexson read us a story from "Golden Ass."
  • Google "Cupid and Psyche" to see what kind of imagery you find.
  • Psyche...she fell in love with love. Discussion of Cupid and Psyche, Beauty & the Beast.
  • The movie "Monster-In-Law" is a displaced fairy tale.
  • Spoonerisms. Read Jack Ross's spoonerism of Cinderella in class.
  • Write a rebuttle to Charles Perraults moral of the story of Cinderella.
  • Cheryl read her response to "What is a child?"

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