|Fantasy and Fairy Tale |
|Assignment# 2 (25%) |
|Due: Week 10 ??“ Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 |
|A late penalty of 10% per day will be applied to all late assignments. |
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|Select and answer one of the following questions. Your response should be between 3-4 pages, typed, double spaced, and printed in size 12 |
|fonts. Your responses must include specific references to the films and/or stories in the textbook. |
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|In the essay ???What Fairy Tales Tell Us,??? Alison Lurie writes, ???Though they [fairy tales] can and do entertain children, we will do well to |
|listen seriously to what they tell us about the real world we live in??? (366). Examine three (3) specific fairy tales and discuss the |
|reflection of the social values of the times and/or societies in which they were written. |
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|In his review of Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Frank Kermode writes, ???It would be hard to exaggerate the verve, the fun, the inventiveness |
|of Rushdie??™s telling of his tale. Every phrase of it is comically adorned???. Explore humour in Haroun and the Sea of Stories. How does |
|Salman Rushdie use humour to appeal to readers |
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|There are many evil figures in fairy tales. Choose three of the most Machiavellian villains that you have come across this semester and |
|discuss what it is about their character that prompts such intrigue, interest and allure. |
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|Fantasy and Fairy Tale |
|Guidelines for Assignment# 2 (25%) |
|Due: WEEK 10 |
|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? Your response must be double spaced, typed and printed in size 12 font |
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|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? Your response should be organized and free of grammatical errors. |
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|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? Your responses must include specific examples from the text(s) you??™ve chosen to analyze for this project. |
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|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? You must use a sufficient number of examples to demonstrate the validity of your argument |
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|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? Examples must be relevant to the question you??™ve chosen to answer. |
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|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? Specific quotations must be accurately cited and documented |
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|?·? ? ? ? ? ? ? Specific examples or references to the text must be documented according to MLA or APA format. |
|The following link might be useful in documenting your response correctly: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ |
|You can also consult the MLA or APA Reference Guides which are available in the library. |
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|Your assignment will be graded according to the following: |
|Content |
|Structure and Organization |
|Grammar & Documentation |
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|If you have any questions please e-mail me through Slate or [email protected] |
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