So, I've been working on a series of paintings based on fairy/folk lore for my art class. To that end, Laurie introduced me to a great on-line database with all the fairy tales you could possibly want access to. I've found it very helpful for my research, but I thought others might be interested in it for the sheer story value. If you've never read the original Grimm brothers or Anderson tales, then you should definitely take a look. They are actually quite grim.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html
Who knows, go to the address above and you may find a short story to back your thesis!
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You know what would be A-mazing? If you could bring in a painting (or 9) for us to see sometime. You don't see too many fairy/folk lore paintings outside of cover illutrastions anymore, and I think it's really cool you incorporate fantasy into two of your classes:)
Thanks for the info! I won't need it for my paper but I love reading about this kind of stuff.
That's a wonderful site, Jessie and Laurie. Thanks.
Jessie, not only should you bring some paintings to class, but you should consider doing your second paper on your decision making and thought processes in creating these paintings -- which fairy tales or folktales you chose and why, what the challenges are or were, etc. Since we have on our syllabus several texts that likewise take off from fairy tales and folktales, you could make the comparison between what you're doing and, say, what Ellen Klages is doing.
I'd love to see photos of the paintings, and read whatever accompanying text you create for your thesis, whether you wind up doing anything on the paintings in this class or not.
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