Folk Literature

From Zeugma

Course Readings:

Week 1:

• "Lord Raglan: The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth, and Drama"
• The Story of King Arthur
  
• The Historical King Arthur: Gildas (547 CE)
  
• The Historical King Arthur: Bede (673-735 CE)
  
• The Historical King Arthur: Nennius (800 CE)
  
• "Oedipus"

Week 2:

• The Story of Prometheus.
• Hesiod: Works and Days 43-105. "Prometheus."
• Hesiod: Theogony, ll. 507-616 only (Prometheus)
  
• Life of Jesus: Gospel of Mark
  

Week 3:

"The Comic Book Hero"

• "Vladimir Propp: The Functions of the Dramatis Personae"

Week 5:

• The Water of Life

Week 6:

• "Apuleius: Cupid and Psyche"
• East of the Sun and West of the Moon

• G.K. Chesterton: "On Fairy Tales," from All Things Considered
  

Week 7:

Ashputtle (Cinderella), by the Brothers Grimm

"Things Walt Disney Ever Told Us," by Kay Stone

Cinderella Clips

Cinderella with Shlocky Modern Twist

Donkey-Skin

Many Fur(Allerleirauh)

Week 8:

Lanval

Griselda Tales:

• Chaucer: "The Clerk's Tale"
• Petrarch: "Patient Griselda"

Week 9:

The Pig King

Week 10:

The Juniper Tree

Week 11:

The Young Slave, by Giambattista Basile

Week 12:

Baba Yaga

• "Baba Yaga's Domain"

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Lady Ragnelle

Fitcher's Bird

The Robber Bridegroom

Week 13:

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The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Week 14: