Introduction:
Hi, guys! My name is Danielle, and I’m a freshman here at McDaniel. I originally found this course because I saw it fulfilled an honors credit, but I chose to take it because fairy tales and folk tales align with my interests. I love telling stories - two of my favorite things are reading and writing. Even more so, my favorite types of stories, fantasy, have similar fantastic elements to fairy tales. I’m also a huge Oncer (Once Upon a Time fan) as well as a Disney fanatic, and I am interested in seeing how those versions of the stories compare to the original versions of the tales.
In taking this course I hope to learn more about different versions of fairy tales and, in the process, learn more about different culture and ideologies. I want to be able to look deeper into stories, be able to see them from different perspectives and potentially learn more about myself and my own beliefs at the same time. Hopefully, with hard work, I will be able to do this throughout the semester.
