CCO
Welcome to Week 5 of our course. This is the last full week of classes. The last day of class is Tuesday, August 22nd, which is when we will have the final quiz. All essays must be submitted by mid-week at the latest so that I have time to read them and assign grades.
This week we will be returning to the short story form for a reading of Joyce Carole Oates’ chilling work “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Warning: It may give you nightmares.
We will also be reading several works centered on the Snow White Story. These include the fairytale “Little Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm and the poem “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by Anne Sexton. An excerpt from the book The Uses of Enchantment by famed psychologist Bruno Bettleheim will add much to think about with respect to themes and symbolism. These works should be especially interesting as they follow what some have called Joyce Carol Oates’ “inverted fairytale,” “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”
We will also read the fairytale “Bluebeard” and a psychological analysis of this story.
