User:VEmily1/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Little Red Riding Hood


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is rated as level-5 vital article and as C-Class. It appears to need a lot of improvement but is also important as it is a part of many different WikiProjects. In general, the article provides the origins of the fairytale and how it has evolved over time. It also discusses the symbols and representations the story has for different aspects of life, whether it be coming of age or the dangers of the world. It has also made its way into modern mainstream media through games, movies, and music. Many citations are available.


 * Sources
 * Orenstein, Catherine. Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-465-04125-6.
 * Dundes, Alan & McGlathery, James M. (ed.). "Interpreting Little Red Riding Hood Psychoanalytically". The Brothers Grimm and Folktale. pp. 27–8. ISBN 0-252-01549-5.
 * Harry Velten, "The Influences of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma Mère L'oie on German Folklore", p 966, Jack Zipes, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, ISBN 0-393-97636-X

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Brothers Grimm


 * Article Evaluation
 * In the Talk section, the article has a note that actually asks readers to improve it if possible. It is a level-4 vital article and is rated B-Class overall. The information provided is a relatively cohesive and full review of the biographies' of the brothers and the methods they used to collect and edit folk lore to create the beloved fairytales we know today. Many of the original stories were not told for children, containing gruesome and horrifying details which is an important thing to note in my possible research paper. There are quite a few citations for this article from notable resources.


 * Sources
 * Tatar, Maria (2010). "Why Fairy Tales Matter: The Performative and the Transformative". Western Folklore. 69 (1):
 * 55–64.
 * Bottigheimer, Ruth (1982). "Tale Spinners:Submerged Voices in Grimms' Fairy Tales". New German Critique. 27 (27) 141–150. doi:10.2307/487989. JSTOR 487989.
 * Jean, Lydie (2007). "Charles Perrault's Paradox: How Aristocratic Fairy Tales became Synonymous with Folklore
 * Conservation" (PDF). Trames. 11 (61): 276–283.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * fairy godmother
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article gives interesting background information on a typical character that appears throughout many of the classic fairytales. It is written in a completely neutral tone of voice as it provides information on how Fairy godmothers have been portrayed by different countries and different types of stories. There are only 6 citations and the page in general is quite short and not completely developed. The article is rated as Start-Class and of Low-importance for Wiki Literature, but of High-importance for Children's Literature and Women's History, which is quite interesting.


 * Sources
 * K.M. Briggs The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature. p.177 Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 1967
 * John Grant and John Clute, The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, "Fairy godmother" p 330 ISBN 0-312-19869-8