Writing through Fairytale

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This class treats fairy tale film adaptations as case studies for developing genre analysis skills through the medium of academic movie reviews. Rather than focusing on cinematic techniques alone, students will examine how modern retellings transform, subvert, or reinforce the narrative conventions, thematic structures, and cultural functions of traditional fairy tales. students will explore what fairy tales are, how they function, and why they are a seemingly universal genre—found in every society—that distill primal fears, desires, and moral lessons into narratives of hope, cleverness, and resilience. 002370