Fantasy_and_Fairy_Tale

|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. | | | |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. | | | |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. | | | |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' | | | |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. | | | |******************************************************************** | |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 | | | |·        Your response should be organized and free of grammatical errors. | | | |·        Your responses must include specific examples from the text(s) you’ve chosen to analyze for this project. | | | |·        You must use a sufficient number of examples to demonstrate the validity of your argument | | | |·        Examples must be relevant to the question you’ve chosen to answer. | | | |·        Specific quotations must be accurately cited and documented | | | |·        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. | | | | | |Your assignment will be graded according to the following: | |Content | |Structure and Organization | |Grammar & Documentation | | | | | | | |If you have any questions please e-mail me through Slate or nellie.morsy@sheridanc.on.ca | | | | | | | | |