Presentation Guidelines

Please re-write a fairy tale for the 21st century. You can choose any fairy tale you like, whether it's one we covered in class or not. If you are unsure as to whether or not the tale classifies as a fairy tale, please ask your professor. While you are encouraged to use your imagination and change the tale however suits you, please keep the "tale type" the same. Remember, the tale type is the components of the tale that remain the same throughout every retelling. 

This assignment has three components: a short story component, a visual component, and a critical analysis. The short story should be the fairy tale re-written, in 3-10 pages, double-spaced and typed. You should feel free to alter the title of the story to suit your update, but please indicate somewhere on the paper which fairy tale it is you are updating. 

The analysis should be at least 2 pages, typed and double-spaced. In your analysis, you need to talk about the updates you have made to the tale, and why you have made them. How do your updates serve a 21st century audience? What cultural needs, fears, and desires do they explore? In addition, you can talk about what aspects of the tale you have decided to keep the same. Why did you keep those aspects the same? Do you see them as serving some kind of continuing cultural need? 

Please incorporate your notes from this course on fairy tales into your analysis. You are encouraged to use any of the critical essays in your Norton anthology. 

Lastly, you will be required to present your fairy tale to the class in a 10 minute presentation (no shorter--points will be docked for shorter presentations). When you do so, you need a visual component and a creative presentation. You may not simply read the tale, although that can be part of your presentation. You will need some sort of visual aide to accompany the presentation. It can be a short video that you have made yourself for this specific assignment (do not stream already made youtube videos--you will receive no credit and this will be considered plagarism), a skit, a comic book, an elaborate poster, a costume, etc. You can also do more than one visual aide. Obviously the amount of effort that went into the visual aide will greatly affect your score. Do not use visual aides that someone else made or that were from some other school assignment. The more time you put into this, and the more creative you are, the better!

Good luck and have fun!