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Reading, evaluation, and discussion of selected writers, works, or literary topics. May be taken twice for a maximum of six credit hours.

This course will trace the development of several well-known fairy tales as they move from oral tale to the page in 16th century Italy, through Perrault in France and the Grimm Brothers in Germany in the 18th and 19th centuries, and eventually across the ocean to the US. Here, many made their way from the page to the screen, thanks to Walt Disney. We’ll also follow several of the tales as circled back toward the original audience for the oral tales—adults—and examine how modern poems, movie and television programs, and contemporary rewritings of the tales are reframing and often subverting the messages they convey as the stories are reclaimed for adult audiences.
For all the works, we will discuss the influences of place, time, culture, and, particularly, the purposes and audiences as they were perceived by the recorders, writers, and producers of these works. We will also watch one or two film versions and take field trips to a local folk museum. We may also be able to visit the “fairy tale” castle, Neuschwanstein as part of a class field trip.

The University of New Orleans International Summer School program has a mandatory class attendance policy. All students are required to attend class for all morning classes and any required afternoon and/or weekend fields trips and lectures. No unexcused absences are allowed. However, LFU students who have to miss a UNO class due to LFU examinations in the first two weeks of our program, can receive one excused absence for this. Any further unexcused absences will result in an academic penalty. Each faculty member determines the penalty for missed classes. Most professors deduct a letter grade for each additional missed class day. For details, please refer to your course syllabi, which will be distributed on the first day of class. Mail: Center-New-Orleans@uibk.ac.at

Die Anrechnung der Kurse der UNO-IBK International Summer School muss von den Studierenden selbst vorab mit den zuständigen StudiendekanInnen geklärt werden. Diese allein entscheiden über die Anerkennung der belegten Kurse für das jeweilige Studienfach. Es wird empfohlen, sich einen Vorabbescheid über die Anerkennung der Kurse ausstellen zu lassen.