Thursday, September 18, 2008

Monday, September 8


is for cape


Jim Henson's 'Hans My Hedgehog' story

Horatio Alger- good citizens who teach and help others




'Little goodie two shoes..."

'Cupid and Psyche'
























beauty and the Beast

Pride and Prejudice-

"There is a truth, universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." P&P Jane Austen

Colin Firth is the man.
'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister' By Gregory Maguire

myth towards reality: childhood to adulthood




Famous opening words...

generic words: no specifics at all
  • once upon time
  • long, long ago
  • in a galaxy far, far away
  • a man and a woman
  • husband and wife

specificity is reality

Pretty Woman- Pygmalion


My Fair Lady- Cinderella

WHAT FAIRYTALE YOU LIVING?

today we are in the age of irony- too realistic

Howard Chace: Deep structure to stories so that the ones that we are familiar with we should be able to substitute other words for it and it still makes sense. 'Angluish Languish'

'Ladle Rat Rotten Hut'

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