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Unit number:     PSY 387   

Unit title:          Psychological Meaning of Fairy Tales

Credit value:     3 credits 

Description:        Traditional fairy tales are important to a child’s psychological development. This unit is a study of Dr Bruno Bettelheim’s book  “The Uses of Enchantment”, which explains the psychological content of well-known fairy tales from a psychoanalytic point of view, and shows how they help children to understand life and to cope with problems. 

Key textbook:    Bettelheim, Bruno.  The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. Penguin, 1991  (First published 1976)

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