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Topic: Explore the fairy tale motifs in a 19th or 20th century composed
fairy tale, or compare a tale we have read to a modern poetic re-casting of the tale.
Discuss how the author’s culture and time contribute to the way these fairy-tale
motifs are used and/or modified in your chosen work. What are some of the differences you
note between oral collected tales and works which are not of folk origin and which are
specifically literary in intent?
Possibilities:
| E. T. A. Hoffmann |
The Nutcracker |
| Oscar Wilde |
The Happy Prince And Other Tales (any tale) |
| George Macdonald |
The Light Princess |
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The Day Boy and the Night Girl |
| Hans C. Andersen |
The Snow Queen |
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The Marsh-King’s Daughter |
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The Red Shoes |
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The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf |
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The Ugly Duckling |
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Thumbelina |
| Rudyard Kipling |
Just So Stories: |
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The Elephant’s Child |
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How the Rhonoceros Got His Skin |
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How the Camel Got His Hump |
| Jack Zipes ed. |
Victorian Fairy Tales: Revolt of the Fairies and Elves: |
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Nesbit, Last of the Dragons |
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Dickens, Magic Fishbone |
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Ruskin, King of the Golden River |
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Lang, Princess Nobody |
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Graham, Reluctant Dragon |
| Jack Zipes ed. |
Don’t Bet On the Prince (modern) (any tale) |
| Barbara Walker ed |
Feminist Fairy Tales (modern) (any tale) |
| Wolfgang Mieder ed. |
Disenchantments: Modern Fairy Tale Poetry |
| Anne Sexton |
Transformations |
| Roald Dahl |
Revolting Rhymes |
There are many other possibilities, of course. If you wish to use something not
included here, discuss your idea with me well in advance. Andersen’s fairy tales are
available on the Web, and there are several modern fairy tale sites.
Length: Two or more typed pages.
Format: One-inch margins, single-spaced, 10 or 11 pt. font
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