Retelling Myths and Tales: Classic to Contemporary (ALL701)
Semester 1 / 2012

Description

This unit tracks the traditional genres from which children’s literature in English draws: myth, hero tale, folk tale and fairy tale. It explores how these originally oral tales have been adapted as a children’s genre, taking into account: historical and national variants; novel-length and Hollywood adaptations; and contemporary incarnations for adolescents and adults, from Batman to Buffy and beyond.

This unit introduces students to a range of theoretical resources for the interpretation of the historical and cultural assumptions these tales encode about gender, race, class, nationality and the environment.

Assessment

Essay 1: 2500 words: 50%

Essay 2: 2500 words: 50%

Supplementary Texts

Refer to the library's list of more than fifty recommended unit readings for this subject: http://library.deakin.edu.au/search~S1?/fALL701/fall701/1%2C2%2C51%2CB/frameset&FF=fall701+readers+study+guides+etc&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-

Other Details

Offered in: 2011, 2010
Current Campus: External
Levels: Postgraduate
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