Decolonizing Folklore? Diversifying the Fairy Tale Curriculum

Autor/in	Peabody, Seth
Titel	Decolonizing Folklore? Diversifying the Fairy Tale Curriculum
Quelle	In: Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 54 (2021) 1, S.88-102 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1756-1221
DOI	10.1111/tger.12156
Schlagwörter	Folk Culture; Fairy Tales; Inclusion; Persuasive Discourse; Debate; Cultural Awareness; American Indian Literature; German Literature; Nationalism; Power Structure; Cultural Differences; Foreign Policy; Creative Writing; Story Telling; Course Descriptions; Empowerment; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fairy tale; Fairytale; Fairytales; Fairy-tale; Fairy-tales; Märchen; Inklusion; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Debating; Streitgespräch; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Deutsche literatur; Nationalismus; Kultureller Unterschied; Außenpolitik; Kreatives Schreiben; Kursstrukturplan; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This article describes strategies that the author employed to make a general education course titled "Fairy Tales and Folklore" more diverse and inclusive. Students read primary texts and secondary articles as part of ongoing debates, then form their own arguments within the debate, thus coming to understand how fairy tales are embedded within open and ongoing critical discussions about contemporary culture. Further, students analyze a classic work of Native American literature that, like the Grimm Brothers' "Kinder- und Hausmärchen," employs folklore within a project of cultural nationalism, but with very different implications due to systems of power and oppression that emerge at the intersection of folklore and colonization. Finally, students create new tales out of their own experiences. Through analysis of diverse texts, debate, and creative writing that emphasize the role of storytelling as resistance, the course described here takes first steps toward turning the fairy-tale classroom into a space of empowerment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01