Workshop – Fairy Tales Revisited – Upload your complete draft here for peer work

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

• You will write a fairy tale from another perspective, point of view, or some other twist.
• This paper has two parts:
• Story
• Reflection and Analysis
• 1000-2000 words total (including both parts).
• You can choose how much page space to dedicate to each part as long as it adds up to the word requirement.
• Include both parts (story & reflection/analysis) in a single document.
• Remember: for google docs, your settings must “allow anyone to access” as “viewers” or we can’t read it.

PART 1 – STORY

First, rewrite a story of your choice by 1) choosing to tell the story from another character’s point of view, 2) choosing to place the story in a (different) historical context, or 3) choosing to tell the story by emphasizing gender, race, class dynamics, etc.

PART 2 – REFLECTION AND ANALYSIS

The second part of this assignment includes a reflection and analysis of your storytelling. In this section, you should consider these questions:

• Why did you tell the story in the ways that you did?
• What rhetorical choices did you make and why?
• How did the choices you made reflect the kind of reading and discussion we have had in class about the different versions of fairy tales?
• How does your story compare, differ from, or relate to other stories?
• How does your story relate to some of the scholarly readings?

Helpful Hints

• You can adapt any of the stories we’ve read for this class or in Tartar’s book.
• Your adaptation should have a purpose, a goal, something you want to bring to light about the fairy tale, time period, ethnic/national group, gender, etc.
• Remember that there are two distinct parts to this assignment: rewriting the story and explaining the choices you made as a writer.
• Be interesting! Think about imaginative ways to introduce and develop your topic.
• Remember, “show, don’t tell.” Use detail, description and dialogue when appropriate.
• Remember to include a title.
• Include at least one quote from another source in your reflection or analysis and a works cited page.