Russian Fairy Tales: Lecture Slides
By
popular
demand, I'm making the lecture slides available to you online.
I do this to free you from the urge to
write down everything that appears on the screen. Now you can sit,
listen, and take notes of a more creative and holistic type.
Needless to say, printing out the lecture slides does not even come close to replacing a missed lecture. In fact, they probably won't make sense without your having attended the lecture that they are intended to outline/accompany.
With a few exceptions, slides will normally be posted by 10 PM the night before the lecture.
- August 23: Introduction
- August 28: Genre, Origins & Transmission of Fairy Tales; Paganism & Orthdoxy
- August 30: Saints and Devils
- September 4: Sorcerers and Witches
- September 6: Domestic and Nature Spirits
- September 11: Folklore in Russia Today
- September 13: Stylistic Features of the Fairy Tale
- September 20: Stylistic Features/Structural Approach
- September 25: Stylistic and Structural Approaches (2)
- September 27: Style & Structure ~~ Heroes & Villains
- October 2: Baba Yaga ~~ Psychological Approach
- October 4: [no new slides; refer to "Psychological Approach" from 10/2]
- October 9/11: Psychological Approach ~~ Animal Brides & Grooms
- October 16: Animal Brides & Grooms ~~ Feminist Approaches ~~ "Bad Wife" Tales
- October 18: Feminist Approaches ~~ "Wise Maiden" Tales
- November 1: Wicked Stepmothers, Self Theory (Vanity & Envy)
- November 6: Wicked Stepmothers, Self Theory, Disnification of Fairy Tales
- November 8: Snow White Tales ~~~ Medieval Lore
- November 13: Medieval Lore ~~ Literary Tales
- November 20: Ostrovsky ~~ Gogol ~~ Stalin
- November 27: [no new slides]
