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Group Presentation

• Due: Weekly 
• 150 points (15% of total grade).

Directions:

Each group will give a 10-15 minute presentation on one of the assigned critical readings. The presentation should:

1. Identify the thesis and central claims in the article/chapter. 
2. Give an example of the way the author supports these claims.
3. Evaluate the argument. Is it strong? Does it use strong evidence? How does it relate with other scholarship we have read in this class?
4. Post the material for the presentation on the class wiki. Create a separate page for the presentation. Link it here AND on the lecture notes for that day.  
5. Sign up for conferences BELOW. 

January

TRICKSTER TALES

• Monday 13 Group 1 Zipes
• Zipes. "Setting Standards for Civilization through Fairy Tales," FTAS.  
•  Wednesday 15 Group 2 Haase 
•  Haase Fairy Tale Movies for Children and the Culture Industry.pdf   
• Monday 20 Group 3 Bottigheimer
•  Bottigheimer Bad Girls and Bold Boys.pdf  
• Wednesday 22 Group 4 Haase Introduction 
• Haase. "Introduction," Feminism and Fairy Tales.    
• Monday 27 Group 5 Zipes  

February

BEASTLY BRIDEGROOMS AND ENCHANTED SPOUSES

• Monday 3 Group 6 Hearne 
• Hearne Beauty and the Beast Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale.pdf   
• Monday 10 Group 7 Zipes
• Zipes. "Hans Christian Andersen and the Discourse of the Dominated," FTAS.  
• Wednesday 12 Group 8 Talairach-Vielmas 
• Talairach-Vielmas Beautiful Maidens Hideous Suitors.pdf  

• Monday 17 Group 9 Zipes 
• Zipes What Makes a Repulsive Frog So Appealing.pdf  

WEATHER AND WONDER

• Monday 24 Group 10 Silver
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March

PRINCESS TALES

•  Wednesday 5 Group 11 Fay
• Fay Sleeping Beauty Must Die.pdf  

• Monday 10 – SPRING BREAK
• Wednesday 12 – SPRING BREAK

• Monday 17 Group 12 Gilbert and Gubar 
• Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar. "Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother," Madwoman in the Attic.   
• Wednesday 19 Group 13 Zipes
• Zipes. "The Fight Over Fairy-Tale Discouse," FTAS.  

• Monday 24 Group 14 Crowley
• Crowley Feminist Frauds on the Fairies and Cinderella.pdf  
• Wednesday 26 Group 15 Tatar 
• Maria Tatar. "Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairy Tales."  

• Monday 31 Group 16 Yolen
• Cinderella in America
• Jane Yolen. "American Cinderella." Cinderella Casebook.  

April

• Wednesday 2 The Chosen Woman
• TBA