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FAIRY TALE VARIANTS
Read
the variant versions of your chosen tale and answer the following
questions by specifically referring to the tales in Tatar's Classic
Fairy Tales. If you like, you may also refer to specific tales
in the online links below.
1. Before this reading assignment, what was your exposure to this tale?
2. What are the common
elements in all the variations?
3. What are the
differences? How do the various cultures from which the tales come
explain the differences?
4. What did you find
surprising about the variant tales?
5. What do the tales say
about male/female relationships?
6. What do the tales say
about adult/child relationships?
7. What are the
19th-20th century authors trying to accomplish in their retellings of the
tales?
"Little Red
Riding Hood," Tatar, pp. 3-24
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/
littleredridinghood.htm |
"Beauty and
the Beast," Tatar, pp. 25-73
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
beautybeast/other.html |
"Snow White,"
Tatar, pp. 74-100
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/
snowwhite.html |
"Cinderella,"
Tatar, pp. 101-137
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
cinderella/index.html |
"Bluebeard,"
Tatar, pp. 138-178
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
bluebeard/index.html |
"Hansel and
Gretel," Tatar, pp. 179-210
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
hanselgretel/index.html |
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