This course studies folktales worldwide, using anthropological, structural, and psychological approaches. Students are expected to learn the deep meanings of folktales and how they reflect and relate to human life in different cultures. Two popular juvenile novels are selected to be studied along with the folktales in order for the students to compare genres and to extend their knowledge of folktales to other types of literary expressions. Oral reports and group discussions will be conducted in class. A mid-term exam and a final paper are required.

This course studies folktales worldwide, using anthropological, structural, and psychological approaches. Students are expected to learn the deep meanings of folktales and how they reflect and related to human life in different cultures. Two popular juvenile novels are selected to be studied along with the folktales in order for the students to compare genres and to extend their knowledge of folktales to other types of literature expressions. Oral reports and group discussions will be conducted in class. A mid-term exam and a final paper are required.

This course is designed to present an overview of the field of technology, Internet, and foreign language education. Through discussion of current literature and study on computer-assisted language learning and computer-mediated communication, students will explore various Web 2.0 tools and emerging technologies and critically analyze their impacts on literacy practices and language education. Instructions on how to integrate technological tools into foreign language classrooms will be provided. Students will involve in Internet-mediated tasks/projects, learn to create and develop materials with digital technologies, and apply them to classroom teaching.

This course is designed to present an overview of the field of technology, Internet, and foreign language education. Through discussion of current literature and study on computer-assisted language learning and computer-mediated communication, students will explore various Web 2.0 tools and emerging technologies and critically analyze their impacts on literacy practices and language education. Instructions on how to integrate technical tools into foreign language classes will be provided. Students will involve in Internet-mediated tasks/projects, learn to create and develop materials with digital technologies, and apply them to classroom teaching.

Burnett, Francis Hodgson. The Secret Garden. NY: Dell, first published 1938.
Miller, Lucien, ed. & trans. South of the Clouds: Tales from Yunnan. Seattle: U. of Washington, 1994.
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. The Little Prince. Trans. Katherine Woods. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1943, 1971.

Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana U., 1968.

The following selections are on reserve at the Departmental Library:

Dorson, Richard M., ed. Folktales Told around the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
“The Mother Serpent,” India, 181-187.

Eberhard, Wolfram, ed. Folktales of China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
“Kung Yeh-ch’ang Understands the Language of Birds,” 83-86.

Lee, F. H., ed. Folk Tales of All Nations. NY: Coward-McCann, 1932.
“The Talking Bird,” China, 356-357.
“The Maiden with the Wooden Bowl,” Japan, 697-699.
“The Story of the Stone Lion,” Tibet, 923-927.

Seki, Keigo. Folktales of Japan, trans. Robert Adams. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
“Momotaro, The Peach Boy,” 40-43.
“The Snail Choja,” 82-90.
“The White Bird Sister,” 92-98.
“The Skeleton’s Song,” 145-148.

Recommended Theory and Criticism
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. 1975.
Hall, Nor. The Moon and the Virgin: Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine. NY: Harper and Row, 1980.
Iser, Wolfgang. The Implied Reader. 1974.
----,--------------. The Act of Reading. 1979.
Levi-Strauss, Claude. The Raw and the Cooked, tr. by John & Doreen Weightman. 1969 (1964)

Luthi, Max 0. Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales. Bloomington: Indiana U, 1976.
Neumann, Erich. The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype, translated by Ralph Manheim. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972.
Piaget, Jean. The Child's Conception of the World. 1929.
Sale, Roger. Fairy Tales and After: From Snow White to E.B. White. 1979.
Tatar, Maria. The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Princ

Burnett, Francis Hodgson. The Secret Garden. NY: Dell, first published 1938.
Miller, Lucien, ed. & trans. South of the Clouds: Tales from Yunnan. Seattle: U. of Washington, 1994.
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. The Little Prince. Trans. Katherine Woods. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1943, 1971.

Thompson, Stith, ed. One Hundred Favorite Folktales. Bloomington: Indiana U., 1968.

The following selections are on reserve at the Departmental Library:

Dorson, Richard M., ed. Folktales Told around the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
“The Mother Serpent,” India, 181-187.

Eberhard, Wolfram, ed. Folktales of China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.
“Kung Yeh-ch’ang Understands the Language of Birds,” 83-86.

Lee, F. H., ed. Folk Tales of All Nations. NY: Coward-McCann, 1932.
“The Talking Bird,” China, 356-357.
“The Maiden with the Wooden Bowl,” Japan, 697-699.
“The Story of the Stone Lion,” Tibet, 923-927.

Seki, Keigo. Folktales of Japan, trans. Robert Adams. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.
“Momotaro, The Peach Boy,” 40-43.
“The Snail Choja,” 82-90.
“The White Bird Sister,” 92-98.
“The Skeleton’s Song,” 145-148.

Recommended Theory and Criticism
Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment. 1975.
Hall, Nor. The Moon and the Virgin: Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine. NY: Harper and Row, 1980.
Iser, Wolfgang. The Implied Reader. 1974.
----,------------. The Act of Reading. 1979.
Levi-Strauss, Claude. The Raw and the Cooked, tr. by John & Doreen Weightman. 1969 (1964)

Luthi, Max 0. Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales. Bloomington: Indiana U, 1976.
Neumann, Erich. The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype, translated by Ralph Manheim. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1972.
Piaget, Jean. The Child's Conception of the World. 1929.
Sale, Roger. Fairy Tales and After: From Snow White to E.B. White. 1979.
Tatar, Maria. The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Princ