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From The Grimms To Disney
Course Number	GERMAN 270
Course Title	From The Grimms To Disney
Department	German
Campus	University of Massachusetts
Course Description	This course focuses on selected fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (Hansel & Gretel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Iron Hans) and Hans Christian Andersen (Little Sea Maid, The Red Shoes), locating them in the 19th-century German or Danish culture of their origins and then examining how they became transformed into perennial favorites of U.S. popular culture through their adaptations by Disney (feature animation films), Broadway (musicals), or bestselling self-help books (Iron John, Women Who Run With the Wolves). As a point of comparison, this course will also introduce popular fairy-tale films of the former East Germany (GDR( from the UMass DEFA archives & library, which present the same stories as popular fare in a Cold War communinist cultural context. Conducted in English. (Gen. Ed. AL).
Course Notes	Please check SPIRE for class notes and restrictions

Reg #	Section	Credits	Instructors	Meeting Times	Location	Notes
55721	01	3	Susan Cocalis	TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM	ECSCII 119

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