ENG 2110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Class Conflict, Wilhelm Grimm, Bildungsroman

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 2110
• Professor: Aida Hudson

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To situate george ma(cid:272)do(cid:374)ald(cid:859)s pri(cid:374)(cid:272)ess a(cid:374)d the goblin within the faerie tradition. To understand the qualities macdonald associates with the child reader. To recognize how the princess and the goblin interrogates the idea of alterity. Co(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to volks(cid:373) r(cid:272)he(cid:374) di(cid:272)hoto(cid:373)y of good a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)il. Connection to kunstm rchen length and character/plot development the evolution of the protago(cid:374)ists (cid:894)(cid:271)ildu(cid:374)gsro(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:895): (cid:862)the heroes in the tales collected by jacob and wilhelm grimm almost always make virtuous choices from the start; such a character transformation as that undergone by. Curdie is u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) i(cid:374) their tales(cid:863) (cid:894)di(cid:272)kerso(cid:374) a(cid:374)d o(cid:859)hara(cid:895) As you continue readi(cid:374)g, ask yourself, (cid:862)ho(cid:449) does curdie (cid:373)ature? (cid:863) you may also consider whether irene matures over time. For a childre(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:271)ook, the princess and the goblin deals with very weighty topics: class gender disability. Read chapter 1 mortality child labour faith (and its relation to empirical science)