Catherina Viljoen

Catherina Viljoen is a Literature Major. She will be presenting her senior project titled, “From Didactic Literature to Fairy Tale Fantasies: A Comparative and Genealogical Study of Cinderella and Cinderella-like Characters in Children’s Literature.” As a global citizen, a prominent activist for equal education, and interested in teaching for social justice, Catherina has decided to take on the exciting task of analyzing children’s literature for her senior project. What better story to trace across space and time than Cinderella? With a focus on doing a comprehensive literary analysis through a critical feminist lens, she will consider how Cinderella’s surprisingly universal story has changed over time and has been retold comparatively across cultures.