| Description |
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 184 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. stamping rda |
| Description |
digital optical rda |
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video file rda |
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DVD video |
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Educational films. lcgft |
| Series |
The great courses. Literature & language. Genre |
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Great courses (DVD). Literature & language. Genre.
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| Note |
Title from container. |
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Course includes 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture. |
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"Course no. 2411." |
| Contents |
disc 1. "Sleeping Beauty": once upon a time ; "Beauty and the Beast" I: the sleeping prince ; "Beauty and the Beast" II: being brave ; "The sorcerer's apprentice": transformations ; "Cinderella" I: if the shoe fits ; "Cinderella II": Baba Yaga and goddesses -- disc 2. "Cinderella" III: the mooing godmother ; "The brave little tailor": giants! ; "Jack and the beanstalk": archetypes ; Hansel and Gretel": ogres ; "Rumplestiltzkin": naming our fears ; Tom Thumb and Thumbelina: little heroes -- disc 3. "Emperor's new clothes": looks can deceive ; "Town musicians of Bremen": unwanted animals ; "Puss in boots" and "The frog prince": fitting in ; "Three little pigs": third time's a charm ; "The little red hen": formula tales ; "How the camel got his hump": pourquoi tales -- disc 4. Lion and tigers and bears: fables ; "Snow White": beauty and handsomeness ; "Rapunzel": maiden/mother/crone ; King Arthur and Winnie the Pooh: heroic quests ; American tall tales and folk songs ; Happily ever after: how our stories end. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Hannah B. Harvey, professional storyteller. |
| Summary |
Discover the history and deeper meaning of some of the best loved folk tales. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Subject |
Folklore.
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Folk literature -- History and criticism.
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Fables -- History and criticism.
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Fables. |
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Folk literature. |
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Folklore. |
| Genre |
Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company, publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781629974194 |
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1629974196 |
| Music No. |
2411 The Teaching Company |
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ID2411A-01 The Teaching Company (container) |
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PD2411A The Teaching Company (discs) |
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PB2411A The Teaching Company (guidebook) |
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