ENG 201: Introduction to Literature Spring 2024 [C Conway]
ENG 201: Introduction to Literature Spring 2024 [C Conway]

Week 10

Queen, dressed in yellow gown and ermine-trimmed robes, brandishes a fan and preens in front of a mirror
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow_White_Mirror_4.png
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Activity 1

Click this link to access “Little Snow White” by the Brothers Grimm.

This version of “Little Snow White”  has a slightly different ending.

Activity 2

Please read the fascinating analysis of “Snow White” by renowned psychoanalyst Bruno Bettleheim. This is an excerpt from his acclaimed book The Uses of Enchantment. Scroll down to page 199 to begin reading.

Activity 3

Click here to access the poem “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by Anne Sexton.

Illustration of Snow White sitting on bed surrounded by dwarfs.
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Activity 4

Click this link to access a fascinating analysis of Anne Sexton’s poem “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” from the Literary Reference Center database in BMCC’s online library. I have also attached it here in PDF format. 

Activity 5

Click here to access the fairytale “Bluebeard” by Charles Perrault and related analysis.

Click here for another version of “Bluebeard.”

Activity 6

Old woman peddler shows her wares to a dark-haired girl at the window of a cottage
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Essay 4 First Draft
Due Sunday, April 21

Click here for directions

Click here for directions for finding secondary sources in the BMCC library.

Be sure to watch this quick PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.” Do not begin writing your essay until you have reviewed this information.

When you are ready to submit, navigate back to your Blackboard course. On the dark grey navigation panel, click “Essay Submission Links.” Then click “Essay 4.”

All essays in this class must adhere to MLA format. Before submitting any written work, please review the following guides to formatting. Only correctly formatted essays will be eligible for a grade of A.

Format Matters Video

Format Illustration

Click here to review a guide on MLA citation from the BMCC online library.

Click here for Citation Machine MLA citation generator.

Click here for essay grading rubric.

Activity 7

Click this link for my short lecture on the Snow White story in its various permutations.

Activity 8

Click here for a podcast reading.  
and discussion by several psychologists about “Hansel and Gretel” from their professional viewpoint.

Click here for the text “Hansel and Gretel” by the Brothers Grimm. This translation will differ from the one in the podcast

Three red flowers on gradated background
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Activity 9

Click this link to access the Week 10 Discussion Board.

Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.