First-Year Writing—Fairy Tales and Modern Society
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Instructor: Kathryn Barber Email: [email protected] Office hours: MWF 11-1 First-Year Writing—Fairy Tales and Modern Society English 1010: MWF 1:00 PM _____________________________________________________________________________ “There are no new stories. There are only new ways to tell them.” ___________________________________________________________________________________ Course description: A trend in pop culture recently has been the retelling of fairy tales. We’ve seen it all the way from Disney’s nearly century old tale of Snow White to their recent retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen” as Frozen, to ABC’s Once Upon a Time and NBC’s Grimm. In this course, we will read the original versions of several well-known fairy tales, discuss them in their original context, and then compare them to modern-day versions. We will discuss what the evolution of these tales says about the society in which they were/are told. Fairy tale characters to be familiar with: Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Briar Rose, Rumplestiltskin, Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, The Snow Queen, etc. Textbooks: Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Brothers Grimm Complete Tales: Hans Christian Anderson Point Distribution Personal Essay (2) 125 Research Essay 150 Research Presentations 50 Quizzes/Responses/Journals 200 Argument Essay (2) 125 Final Exam 150 Annotated Bibliography 75 Participation/Classwork 100 Research Proposal 25 A=900-1000 B=800-899 C=700-799 D=600-699 F=0-599 Class Policies and Procedures Attendance ♦ Attend all classes. If you must miss, notify me via email prior to the missed period. I will accept papers late with penalty if you miss the day an assignment is due, but classwork assignments cannot be made up. ♦ You may have two unexcused absences without penalty. For these, you may turn in assignments due in class without penalty; however, you may not make up work done in class. ♦ Late assignments will be penalized ten percent per day late. ♦ Two tardies equals one absence. Both tardies and absences will affect participation grades. ♦ If you miss more times than the class meets in one month (12 absences), you will automatically fail this course with an FN. ♦ No tests or quizzes will be made up unless you have discussed this with me. Classroom ♦ Turn off and put away electronic devices (cell phones, iPods, iPads, computers, etc.). Computers cannot be used for in-class writing or activities unless I specify otherwise. ♦ Act respectfully. Disruption of the learning process will result in dismissal from the class and a zero on any assignments turned in that day. ♦ Participation is a part of your grade. Please be prepared to participate in class discussions, have your materials with you daily, etc. These factors, and others, will affect your participation grade portion. Assignments ♦ Please make appointments to speak with me about papers. You must wait at least 24 hours after receiving a grade prior to discussing the grade with me. ♦ No assignments or papers will be accepted over email unless otherwise specified. ♦ All assignments indicated on the syllabus are to be read prior to coming to class. For example, if you have a reading listed for Monday’s class, you must have read over the weekend in order to be able to discuss the selection in class on Monday. ♦ All papers must be formatted in MLA. Each assignment must be submitted in Times New Roman 12 with one-inch margins and must include a header in the top left corner including your name, class, my name, and the date. Papers not in MLA format will not be accepted. ♦ Plagiarism will result in a zero on the assignment and will be reported to the university. SYLLABUS Week 1 W Aug 20 -Introduction to syllabus, diagnostic writing assignment F Aug 22 -In-class exercise, introduction to personal essay Week 2 M Aug 25 -Personal essay discussion continued, freewriting exercise W Aug 27 - Vladimir Propp (in-class), BG introduction, Response due on intro F Aug 29 -First draft Personal Essay due, Peer Response Week 3 M Sep 1 – LABOR DAY (no class) W Sep 3 -BG The Frog Prince (15-18), Hansel and Grethel (56-63), The Twelve Brothers (38-42) F Sep 5 -BG Rapunzel (66-69) The Jungfrau Maleen (499-504), in-class KV discussion, Response due Week 4 M Sep 8 - BG Cinderella (86-93), “Cinderella” (Blackboard), Begin argument discussion: rhetorical strategies , Final draft of Personal Essay due W Sep 10 - BG, Snow White (178-186), Snow-White and Rose-Red (425-431) response due, discussion of elements F Sep 12 - Ethos exercises (lyrics), “The Right to Happiness,” C. S. Lewis Final draft of Personal Essay due Week 5 M Sep 15 - Logos exercises (MP logical fallacies) - “8 Reasons Not to Send Your Daughter to College” W Sep 17 - Pathos exercises, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” selection (in class) -BG Rumpelstiltskin (192-194), The Robber Bridegroom (141-144), response due F Sep 19 - HCA The Snow Queen (#-#), Discussion of Argument Essay Week 6 M Sep 22 - HCA Thumbelina (#-#) BG The Master-Thief (488-494), Outlining Argument Essay W Sep 24 - HCA The Little Mermaid (#-#), response due F Sep 26 - HCA The Emperor’s New Clothes (#-#) Week 7 M Sep 29 - HCA The Little Match Girl (#-#), Toulmin System Discussion W Oct 1 - Hercules, Orpheus and Eurydice (Blackboard), response due F Oct 3 - BG Briar Rose (167-171) Week 8 M Oct 6 -Library Day W Oct 8 -First Draft of Argument Essay Due F Oct 10 -Fall Break Week 9 M Oct 13 -Columbus Day W Oct 15 -No Class Meeting—Conferences F Oct 17 -Introduction to Research Papers, samples viewed in class Week 10 M Oct 20 - Revised/Final Draft of Argument Essay Due, CR Chapter 1 W Oct 22 - CR Chapter 2, Discussion of Annotated Bibs and Research Proposals F Oct 24 - CR Chapter 3, questions due Week 11 M Oct 27 -Work on freewriting, questions, research ideas in class W Oct 29 -Research Proposals due, Peer Review on Proposals F Oct 31 - Once Upon a Time (film episode), response in class Week 12 M Nov 3 - Comparative Analysis: V for Vendetta exercises W Nov 5 - CR Chapters 4 & 5 F Nov 7 - Quoting/Paraphrasing/Summarizing review and exercises Week 13 M Nov 10 -excerpt from Maleficent, response due W Nov 12 - Annotated Bibs Due at conferences (no class meeting) F Nov 14 - Annotated Bibs Due at conferences (no class meeting) Week 14 M Nov 17 - Research Project Presentations W Nov 19 - Research Project Presentations F Nov 21 -Library Day/ Optional Conferences Week 15 M Nov 24 - Grimm (film episode) in-class discussion, response due W Nov 26 -Thanksgiving Break F Nov 28 -Thanksgiving Break Week 16 M Dec 1 -Supernatural (film episode) in-class discussion, response due W Dec 3 -Research Papers due F Dec 5 -Review Day .