The research paper should be approximately 1,800 words long.
In it, you should study a fairy tale of your choosing. You will have to identify two versions of the tale or tale-type that you can compare and contrast as part of
your analysis.
In the paper you have two goals:
1. Explain the history and development of the tale or tale-type that you have chosen, and the origins and contexts of the two versions that you are focusing
on.
2. Analyze the meaning and significance of the tale in terms of the similarities and differences of the two versions you are focusing on, using critical sources.
You will be doing several types of research for this paper, and using several types of sources. But you must locate and apply to your argument at least three
secondary, critical sources. These should be scholarly sources, not popular sources or reference works; ideally, they should have been published in peerreviewed journals or in books from academic presses.