Little Red Riding Hood

Daily Update
I spent today's class ruining Little Red Riding Hood for all of you! All right, I hope that's not true, but we did spend some time looking at various versions of the Little Red Riding Hood stories--most of which were somewhat different from the "traditional" folktale. We also looked at several images of Little Red--some of which were vastly different from the traditional. (In fact, do a Google Image search for "Little Red Riding Hood" and you'll be amazed at what you can find!)

The point of this exercise was to look at how you can use critical strategies to ask different types of questions that help you unlock new meaning in texts--even ones as familiar as "Little Red." Whether you're using New Historicism, Formalism, Feminist Theory, Postructuralism, or really any of the other strategies from Appendix A, the different questions those strategies pose allow you to see texts in new and interesting ways. Consider how you might use one of the strategies to help you focus your research essay.

Homework Reminder
Response Paper 10 is due on Friday. For this paper, I want you to write a 3/4 to 1 page (single-spaced, typed) paper where you propose your topic for your research essay. Let me know which text you're planning to work with and what "position" you hope to take in your argument. If you need more clarification, let me know.

Also, remember that we're meeting in the library for class on Friday: room C108. Please DO NOT be late!