Lectures tagged "fairy tales"

Storytelling in the Electronic Era (Part 2)
Maria Tatar
December 2, 2009
00:41:56
Storyteller Odds Bodkin and Harvard folklorist Maria Tatar explore the art of the story in the 21st century. Telling stories is an ancient art, a holdover from the pre-literate human past. How did the advent of the written word affect the art of storytelling and the stories themselves?
Storytelling in the Electronic Era (Part 1)
Maria Tatar
December 2, 2009
00:58:08
Storyteller Odds Bodkin and Harvard folklorist Maria Tatar explore the art of the story in the 21st century. Telling stories is an ancient art, a holdover from the pre-literate human past. How did the advent of the written word affect the art of storytelling and the stories themselves?
Catherine Orenstein: Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked
Catherine Orenstein
December 10, 2003
01:18:05
Catherine Orenstein discusses her new book. Little Red Hiding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality and the Evolution of a Fairytale,. In her book, Orenstein follows the evolution of the fairy tale through time to trace our thinking about men and women, sex and morality.