Here are my latest musings triggered by the Coursera-based course I'm currently enrolled in:
Parallels Between Rumpelstiltskin (Rumpelstilzchen) and The Merchant of Venice
Note to readers not enrolled in the course:
It's a massive open online course (MOOC) offered by the University of Michigan. The title is Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Human Mind, the Modern World. The video lectures are given by Prof. Eric S. Rabkin. The first unit dealt with the Grimm Brothers and the fairy tales they collected.
Friday, August 10, 2012
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I thought the comparison was fascinating. Does Propp say anything about the acceptance and then rejection of the outsider, once he/she has served a purpose because that does strike me as a common theme, not that I can come up with a specific example off the top of my head.
@Heika: I don't know about Propp. Would be interesting to find out.
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