Week 2 Reading Overview

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: Cupid and Psyche

Week 4: Bible Women

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: Fables of Bidpai

Week 6: Twenty-Two Goblins or Ryder's Panchatantra

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.]

Week 7: Japanese Mythology

Week 9: Japanese Fairy Tales: Lang

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: American Indian Fairy Tales

Week 11: British North America

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: Aesop's Fables

Week 13: English Fairy Tales

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Hans Christian Andersen

Week 15: Europa's Fairy Book

One unit I am really excited about is the Asian unit. I have always wanted to learn more about Japanese fairy tales and stories, but I have never known where exactly to look for them. Being able to read them for a class is wonderful because it is something I have been wanting to do in my free time anyways. There were not any topics I can think of that were not covered, but I am sure that as the course progresses I will be able to think outside the box more and will think of other topics I'm curious about. 

One story I grew up knowing (thanks to the Disney movie) was Beauty and the Beast. Tales like this really ignited my love for stories and they made me into the person I am today. 

(Beauty and the Beast image from UnTextbook blog)