solved You will explore the use of story in shaping children
You will explore the use of story in shaping children and navigating human nature. We look at this profound process through three different story genres: You will choose TWO of these genres for your analysis paper. Genre One: Animal Tales Why is the name “Aesop’s Fables” a possible misnomer, (regarding authorship)? Describe some specific influences on this collection of children’s fables from outside of Europe? Using the collections of Moral Tales provided, compare and contrast two culturally distinct Moral Tales from this genre. Genre Two: Multicultural Shapeshifters Using your own words, provide an overview of various animal-person shapeshifters within Folk Tales from various cultural traditions (See Unit Resources). What is most interesting about this topic to you? Compare and contrast two culturally distinct Folk Tales from this genre. Genre Three: Fairy Tales Evolve Choose a particular Fairy Tale introduced to much of the European world through compilations assembled by the Brother’s Grimm. According to the reading provided, how and why did this particular tale change from the original story as it traveled and evolved through time to the present day? What are some of the forces that shaped these versions. Please give specific examples Genre Four: Multicultural Tricksters Using the reading provided, discuss what is meant by the “Trickster’s Mind” Choose two culturally distinct examples from the reading “Tricksters, Rogues and…” provided. How can the characteristics of the “Trickster’s Mind” be applied to these selected examples, and in what ways do these examples reflect specific differences in cultural values and priorities? Â AGAIN, please choose TWO of these genres for your analysis paper, and answer the relevant question prompts provided. Criteria 4 pages, 12 pt Times New Roman font, double spaced, with additional source page, appropriately cited. Those two genres: Animal Fables and Grimm Fairy Tales are the two I’d like used in the paper
Animal fables:http://www.read.gov/aesop/001.html