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I am having the most miserable time coming up with a good thesis for my first English paper for Children's lit. I do not find I connect well with Fairy Tales. I enjoy reading them, but I don't so much enjoy disecting them. I think it's because they are such a rigid structure- there's no figurative language (except symbols), and they are just so to the point without the descriptive language and character developments that novels and even short stories have.
And I really don't want to write an essay on gender. Class might be allright, but I don't want to do gender...
I am thinking I might write on Oscar Wilde. Two of his most famous short stories have to do with a sacrifice for love. In "The Rose and the Nightengale" the Nightengale kills itself so that the rose will turn red and the boy can give it to the girl and she will dance with him. And in "The Happy Prince" the bird consciously dies because it stays in the cold climate in winter because it loves the statue and consents to help him. Wilde is making a comment about the sacrifice necessary for love and happiness. I could also bring "The Selfish Giant" into the picture which directly alludes to Christ. He uses very Christian principles in his litarary tales, which is not (often) present in FolkTales.
Plus- I find these stories extremely sad and have an element that I do not find in other fairy tales. Seriously- try reading them- you will finish and want to cry. It's hard for me to wrap my head around this being Wilde because he normally so saterical and critical.
Anyway... I was also thinking you could say something about how most traditional folktales end with a "happily ever after" whereas Wilde's tend to end with a "happily ever after...in heaven." Again, there's are strong Christian connotations in his stories. (At least the ones I have read.)
Anywoo...I'll figure something out. But first I must go to class.
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