Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
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- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
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- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
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- FA: Fine Arts
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- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
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- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
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- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- GMST100: Introduction to Germanic Studies
- GMST101: Beginning German I
- GMST102: Beginning German II
- GMST105: Business German
- GMST108: Introduction to Translating German Texts
- GMST110: Intensive Beginning German
- GMST153: Representations of the Holocaust in Popular Culture
- GMST180: Myths, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Fiction
- GMST201: Intermediate German I
- GMST202: Intermediate German II
- GMST210: Special Topics
- GMST300: Germanic Cultural Studies
- GMST301: Advanced German I
- GMST302: Advanced German II
- GMST350: A Short History of German Film
- GMST351: The New German Cinema
- GMST353: Literature and Film of the Holocaust and "Third Reich"
- GMST354: Weimar and Nazi Germany
- GMST355: German Expressionism (1910-1933)
- GMST362: The Two Germanies
- GMST364: The Emergence of Sexology in the German-Speaking World
- GMST365: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
- GMST369: Topics in Scandinavian Studies
- GMST389: Experiential Learning
- GMST401: Topics in Popular Culture (in German)
- GMST402: Film (in German)
- GMST405: Reading, Grammar and Translation
- GMST410: Special Topics
- GMST420: Foreign Language, Culture and Identity
- GMST450: Major Filmmakers
- GMST453: After-Images of the Holocaust in Text and Film
- GMST454: A Cultural History of Vampires in Literature and Film
- GMST455: German Visual Culture
- GMST462: Nietzsche in the English-Speaking World
- GMST465: Adorno, Benjamin and Frankfurt School Critical Theory
- GMST480: Major Writers
- GMST482: Special Topics in Holocaust Studies
- GMST484: Holocaust Testimony and Archival Practice
- GMST487: The Theatre and Dramaturgy of Bertolt Brecht
- GMST488: Performing German Drama
- GMST489: I-witness Field School
- GMST490: Directed Studies
- GMST499: Honours Thesis
GMST180
Myths, Fairy Tales and Fantasy Fiction
An introductory survey of Germanic mythology, Medieval heroic epics, Romantic gothic tales, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and contemporary fantasy fiction and their adaptations in opera and film. Topics include the heroic quest, the fantastic and sorcery and witches. Emphasis on the mythical narrative structure and on the cultural significance of specific myths and tales.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5