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Commericials and Fairy Tale memes

Posted on November 20, 2025 by wcturgeon

Fairy Tales are ripe for commercials.  We recognize their narrative immediately and our attention is captured.  Then, the ad can twist the story in a way that engages us and keeps us watching, thereby assuring residual memory of whatever they … Continue reading →

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Illustrating fairy tales

Posted on November 5, 2025 by wcturgeon

To follow up on the examples provided below. There are a myriad of visualizations of fairy tales, beyond the iconic movie images from the Walt Disney studios.  Exploring how image captures story–or a moment in the story–invites the reader/viewer to … Continue reading →

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Poetry hints

Posted on October 14, 2025 by wcturgeon

Can you identify the fairy tale references in this poem by Anne Caston: Prelude  by Anne Caston Every tree is one tree. That tree grows in every forest, that forest always dark and deep, always lying precisely at the edge … Continue reading →

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Story Prompt

Posted on September 30, 2025 by wcturgeon

Use this image to create a fairy tale to share with others…  we will do this in class

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Let’s get started with fairy tales

Posted on September 16, 2025 by wcturgeon

If you were to craft your own folk/fairy tale, who would you make as your main character and why?

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Welcome to the SJNY Freshman Seminar on Fairy and Folk Tales

Posted on June 26, 2025 by wcturgeon

We all recall the fairy tales that entranced us when we were young… and maybe still do.  Before they were called “fairy tales,” they were folk tales.  Where do fairy tales come from?  What makes a story a “fairy tale?” … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the world of fairy tales

Posted on June 26, 2025 by wcturgeon

Fairy Tales are both completely familiar and mysteriously alien.  Most of us grow up hearing the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast and there are many films and TV shows which can capitalized on … Continue reading →

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Philosophy and Fairy Tales

Posted on January 6, 2024 by wcturgeon

I found this excellent Prezi on philosophy and Fairy tales.  Kudos go out to Belinda Tamrakar.

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