English 201: Introduction to Literature Fall 2021
English 201: Introduction to Literature Fall 2021

Week 14

Old woman peddler shows her wares to a dark-haired girl at the window of a cottage
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Activity 1

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

This link offers a translation with 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.

Queen, dressed in yellow gown and ermine-trimmed robes, brandishes a fan and preens in front of a mirror
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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 this link for my short lecture on the Snow White story in its various permutations.

Activity 6

Click this link to access the Week 14 Discussion Board.

Three red flowers on gradated background
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