C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Class: Three Saturdays, January 18, January 25, and February 7, 2003, 10 a.m. to noon
Good Shepherd Center, Room 221 (Room 223 on Februrary 7), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$60 after January 13, $50 with preregistration by January 13
On three consecutive Saturdays, Lee Roloff will be conducting a class on Grimm's Fairy Tales. In this six-hour course, we will read approximately two fairy tales per week, exploring as many aspects of the fairy tale as possible within that short time.
To learn about preregistering, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
Lee Roloff, Ph.D., taught myth and fairy tale at Northwestern University and the Jung Institute of Chicago for over 25 years. He is very interested in how the tale is a psychological as well as literary representation of human complexes and conditions. He was asked to provide a definition of iffairy talesly for a pending Dictionary of Myth and Fairy Tale that was limited to just over 100 words! The definition will appear as follows:
Fairy tales are short "once upon a time" narratives paradoxically existing
concurrent with, yet removed from the present, and possessing qualities of
entertainment and cautionary instruction, e.g. rites of passage, quests, awakenings,
abandonments, etc. Fairy tales have been interpreted sociologically as
reflections of social and political structures, but since the influence of Freud
and Jung, have been interpreted as narratives of inner psychological import
wherein each character is defined by special attributes. Of prime import is the
first sentence delineating the situation, e.g. "There was once a miller who had
fallen on hard times" (the failed father), or "There was once a childless king
and queen" (the childless couple), and from this first sentence inevitable
consequences follow.
Suggested text: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, introduction by Padriac Colum, commentary by Joseph Campbell.
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