ATS3496 · Fairy-tale traditions

Overview

The unit focuses upon the historical development of literary fairy tales for both adults and children from the seventeenth century to contemporary adaptations across media forms. You will learn theoretical approaches through which to examine the retelling of fairy tales in both oral and literary tradition and how to situate variants within their historical context. In addition, you will explore the cultural and ideological significance of shifting perceptions of the genre as suitable for child readers. Key issues studied will be cultural production, gender and historicism.

Areas of study: Literary studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse fairy tales through cultural, ideological and historical frameworks.
2. Analyse the implications of oral and literary storytelling traditions;
3. Evaluate the major thematic paradigms of fairy tales;
4. Recognise and analyse how the ideological focus of fairy tales, particularly in relation to gender, shifts according to the cultural contexts in which they are produced.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.