Fairy Tales and the Transmission of Prejudice

Autor/in	Helfer, Martha B.
Titel	Fairy Tales and the Transmission of Prejudice
Quelle	In: Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 54 (2021) 1, S.74-87 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1756-1221
DOI	10.1111/tger.12155
Schlagwörter	Fairy Tales; Units of Study; Racial Bias; German Literature; Course Descriptions; Jews; Death; European History; Student Attitudes; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Cartoons; Novels; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Germany; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fairy tale; Fairytale; Fairytales; Fairy-tale; Fairy-tales; Märchen; Lerneinheit; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Deutsche literatur; Kursstrukturplan; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Schülerverhalten; Zeichentrickfilm; Novel; Roman; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	"Fairy Tales and the Transmission of Prejudice" is a unit in a lecture course on fairy tales that draws on research on anti-Semitism in 18th- and 19th-century German literature and culture, mapping questions raised in 18th- and 19th-century tales onto contemporary issues: The unit traces a trajectory from the Enlightenment to the present, and from Germany to the United States, analyzing a variety of texts, including Lessing's drama "Nathan the Wise" (1779), the three Grimms' tales about Jews -- "The Clear Sun Will Bring it to Light" (1815), "The Jew in Thorns" (1815), and "The Good Bargain" (1819) --, Spiegelman's graphic Holocaust narrative "Maus" (1980), and Sendak's illustrations for Wilhelm Grimm's "Dear Mili" (Grimm & Sendak, 1988). This article outlines the course, its background, and how the texts and their contexts are implemented in class. Throughout the course unit, the discussion of anti-Semitism in the fairy tales is broadened to one of prejudice in general. The article concludes with a brief discussion of student reactions to this unit. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01