Reading Options
My Starting Place
UN-Textbook is pretty crazy to take in at first glance just because there's so much you get to look through! I'm excited about all the reading opportunities that it will provide me over the course of this semester. Some things that really stuck out to me were the Chinese Fairy Tales, Japanese Mythology, and The Brother's Grimm (Crane).
The Chinese Fairy Tales seem like they'd be a fun read based on the content that is used within the story. Beasts like dragons, ogres, and demons come to life in these interesting accounts of magical influence that are sure to keep me intrigued the whole way through. Animal based stories also give an opportunity for a broader way of thinking and absorbing information, so I'm sure to take away a lot from that end of this literature as well.
The Japanese Mythology section helps in giving me what I want to satisfy the hunger for the general idea on mythology. Entering a world of gods and goddess, hearing tales of despair that overtake a community and how their belief affects their overall outcomes are exactly the types of stories I would think of when entering this course. Typically, most people focus on Greek or Roman mythology to delve into this sort of lore, so having a Japanese spin on the tales is a new route I'm wanting to take! It also makes me feel closer to my roots being a Asian American.
The Brother's Grimm (Crane) peaked my interest because I'm such a fan of books that have dark twist to them. Stories that like to make the skin crawl. The concepts are always the ones that keep my brain moving and really put me in bouts of how to process what just went on. I know I'll enjoy these tales because I've read some Brother's Grimm books in the past.
(Japanese Mythology: Pxhere.com)
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