Today, we started off by doing some independent reading of our choice retelling book and/ or working on our blog. We then continued our focus on the story of Aladdin/Arabian Nights. We read an article that was a social commentary on "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," which we read on Monday, that talked about various translations of the story and their influences and accuracy. Before we went to lunch, we had our first seminar on Aladdin/1,001 nights. During this seminar, we attacked many questions concerning Disney's Aladdin (1992), "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," and other articles we read about this story. We focused on topics like having a male protagonist and the gender roles represented.
After lunch, we watched Disney's Aladdin (2019) and then concluded the day with a brief seminar, bringing all of the Aladdin/1,001 nights' versions and adaptations together as a whole. We focused more on big questions concerning things like the way culture is represented in this story and how the different adaptations changed the story along with the purpose of these changes.
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