ENG 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: On Fairy-Stories, Albus Dumbledore, Truancy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 2110
• Professor: Kelly M. St-Jacques

Document Summary

Fault in our stars: mawkish, reprehensible, dangerous. Fa rie is closely translated to magic, but magic of a peculiar mood and power (far from magic of vulgar devices of laborious, scientific, magician) "beginning of the world" = myth: naming of a real person = legend future = fantasy fairy tales are sometimes spiritual, but never religious. Freud since freud"s time, interpreted as psychological representations of various aspects of the maturation/development process (ex: bruno bettelheim) Freudians argue that heroines should be gender neutral: both sexes will identify with them properly, and understand the messages they are trying to convey the message is speaking to their subconscious. Feminists feminist interpretations argue that heroines should be the same gender: evaluate the same sex model, behavior, character and how they affect and reflect society. Zack zipes considers sociopolitical conditions: elements support and challenge the status quo struggle for power, survival, autonomy re-establishes bourgeoisie values (written by middle class)