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Traditional Literature
For this theme, the students have worked with various subgenres of traditional literature such as Fables, Folksongs, Folktales and Fairytales. The students have learned to identify these genres as well as how to analyse them. In working with traditional literature, the students have worked with relating the works to not only modern day but also the historical or cultural heritage which these works reflect.
In working with traditional literature, the students should be made familiar with the concept of “fair use” and the commodification of fair use works of art, especially traditional literature. As part of this focus, the students will learn to recognize differences in traditional versions of e.g. fairytales, and modern, commodified versions as well as analyse and interpret the cultural impact of these commodified versions produced, primarily, by the Walt Disney Company.
The theme finished with a project in which the students had to design a commercial for Disney+ targeting a specific consumer group. In working on this project the students were introduced to basic theories on communication, advertising and persuasion such as the Minerva model and Laswell’s model of Communication.
In this theme, the students have made use of the following models of analysis:
- The Actantial Model for analysing folktales
- The Contract Model (Home-Away-Home) for analysing folktales
- Lyrical Analysis
The theme should enable the students to better their knowledge of:
- principper for tekstopbygning og tekstsammenhæng
- standardsprog og variation, herunder elementer af det engelske sprogs udvikling
- tekstanalytiske begreber og metoder til analyse af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster
- et genremæssigt bredt udvalg af fiktive og ikke-fiktive tekster fra forskellige perioder
- væsentlige sproglige, historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i Storbritannien og USA
- kommunikationsstrategier
Texts:
Fables:
- The Fox and the Grapes (1 ns), Goldilocks and the three bears (1,ns), The three pigs (1,ns)
Folktales/Fairytales/Short stories:
- Little Red Riding Hood by James Finn Garner [1,63 NS]
- The Rose-Tree by Joseph Jacobs [2,03 NS]
- Mr. Fox [3,39 NS]
- The White Road by Neil Gaiman [5,81 NS]
Folksongs/Poems:
- The Fox [1,4 NS]
- Robin Hood and the Bishop [3,2 NS]
Films:
- Walt Disney's Robin Hood
- Walt Disney's Snow White
Non-fiction:
- Commercializing the Fairy Tale by Marisa Cortez [5,5 NS]
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