The Fairy Tale

[0.50] credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces students to the multiple, varied, and unstable understandings of the "fairy tale," focusing on the history of the term in the English language; the various ways in which the genre's form, function, and meaning have been defined and debated over the past three centuries; and the range of forms (oral, written, theatrical, cinematic, etc.) that have been considered part of the genre's intertextual web.