Self-study
P1
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Intro to Topic ·
Freud's Sublime / uncanny
The Sublime is a sense of transcendence. We associate it with the uncanny. Mind over matter. Repression. I'm just going to pretend like I understand what Freud's talking about, like everyone else...
P2
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Author ·
Freud could have analyzed fairy tales
Author thinks that fairy tales would have fit the "uncanny" Freudian analysis because they are connected with repressed desires.
Freud ·
Did not analyze fairy tales
Freud didn't because everything is possible in a fairy tale hence nothing is incredible.
P3
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Bettelheim ·
Used Freudian analysis for fairy tales
Author reveals attitude about Bettelheim with description of "wise innocence."
Author’s Praise ·
Bettelheim's book is a splendid achievement
P4
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Bettelheim ·
Fairy tales can be therapeutic for autistic children
Because a child's isolation, loneliness, and anxieties are addressed by fairy tales. When parents tell fairy tales to children, they are approving the fairy tales. Okay... wtf does this have to do with Freudian analysis? Are we just talking about something else now?
P5
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Question ·
Why should fairy tales be therapeutic?
Bettelheim just said that fairy tales are therapeutic. Now we're saying, "Okay, but why is it therapeutic?"
Bettelheim's Answer ·
Children contemplate the story's connection to their lives and find their own solutions
Bettelheim's Assumptions ·
1. Children will interpret a story benignly and 2. Freudian interpretations will accurately represent children't interpretations
Passage Style
Single position
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According to the passage, Bettelheim ████████ ████ ████ ████████ █████████ █ █████ █████████ ████
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find in fairy █████ ███████ ██ █████ ███ █████
Stated. Bettelheim
b
do not associate █████ █████ ████ ███ ███████
Unsupported.
c
do not find ██████████ ████████ ██ █████ █████
Anti-supported. Bettelheim assumes that interpreting a story benignly allows children to find solutions to their troubles, suggesting that they do find underlying meanings in fairy tales.
d
are aware that █████ █████ ███ ████████
Unsupported. Bettelheim doesn’t offer any take on whether, or how, children can tell that fairy tales are fictional.
e
are reassured by ████████ ████████
Unsupported. The only thing Bettelheim says about parental approval is that when parents show their approval of fairy tales, it supports children in using those fairy tales to find solutions to their troubles. In other words, interpreting a story benignly and getting parental approval of the story each causally contribute to how children use those stories to find solutions. But interpreting a story benignly doesn’t do anything to trigger a parent’s approval or reassurance.