Notes From Class

Here is a list of key things Dr. Sexson has said in class:

• Children's Literature is a portal to mythology
• All lit. is displaced mythology
• Things usually happen three times in fairy tales
• There are two kinds of books: ones with morals and ones without morals
• There are no concrete originals to stories, only variants
• Stories revolve around a three part goddess: the maiden or virgin, the mother, and the crone or old lady
• The protagonist is often helped by creatures of nature in fairy tales
• Don't ask what a poem means. Ask how a poem means.
• If a fairy tale starts out by saying not to do something, the reader can be sure the character will do what they are told not to do
• Once you hear the call of adventure you can't ignore it, the adventure has already begun