Fractured Fairy Tales: What They Tell Us About Who We Are and What We Love and Fear (Hybrid)

Why did Little Red Riding-Hood listen to the Wolf? Should Blue Beard's wife have used the forbidden key?
Carl Jung explains that our unconscious is expressed in the form of universal archetypes or patterns of thought that populate our psyche and take shape in our literature, religion, folk tales, dreams, myths and art. By exploring the archetypes within us, we gain self-awareness and personal growth.
Fairy tales are excellent examples of archetypes. In this workshop we will look at original fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault and compare them to recent versions of the same tales re-written by contemporary authors with a twist of the often-questionable original morals.

Format:

-Some lecture for initial context. Use of powerpoint slides where images and symbols will
illustrate concepts. May use short video clips.
-Followed by group discussion, full group, and possible small group breakout.
-Wrap-up with a reflection on what was learned. Participants may share their reflections or they may choose not to.

Participants are encouraged to read the Brother's Grimm versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Little Snow White" as well as the Charles Perrault version of "Blue Beard" prior to the class. All are available on the internet.

Gwen Diaz-Ridgeway received her Ph.D. in Spanish Literature and Language with concentrations in French and Portuguese from the University of Texas at Austin. Her professional career includes Professor of English and Director of the MA in English at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX. She published academic and fiction works. Currently she teaches World Literature seminars at various institutions in the US and Latin America. When not writing or teaching, she enjoys practicing yoga and meditation. She taught Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism at the graduate level and published articles on the subject. Her dissertation topic was a Jungian analysis of novels by Latin American women authors of the 20th Century. She is also interested in the intersection between Literature and Science.
She is on the board of the Argentine Branch of PEN International (Poets, Essayists and Narrators), on the board of the Casa Argentina de Houston, of the University Women's Club of Buenos Aires and Advisor to the Fundacion Internacional JL Borges.

This program is being offered both IN-PERSON and ONLINE. Please select how you will attend when registering. Recordings will be distributed to registered participants only, and will not be available for individual purchase.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.