Chapter 5️⃣ Flashcards
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Fables
-A brief fanciful story that embodies a particular moral.
Fairytales
-A folktale set in an indefinite time and place and containing an element of the fantastic or magical.
Myths
-A folktale that explains a specific aspect of life or the natural world, usually in terms of su- pernatural forces or beings, and that was at one time held to be true within a certain cultural group.
Mythology
-A collection of myths forming a par- ticular culture’s explanation of how the world came to be as it is.
Epics
-A long stylized narrative poem celebrating the deeds of a great national or ethnic hero of legend.
Epic similes
-A type of simile common in tradi- tional epics in which the vehicle of the compari- son is described at considerable length.
Homeric epithets
-A stock phrase inserted to de- scribe a particular person or thing that recurs in a poem, generally in an epic.
What are the traditional genre divisions of folktale?
Poetry, prose, and drama
What is the purpose of drama two fold?
- to provide a reference point to readers and writers
- to organize previous natural development in literature
What can be beneficial to folktale?
Breaking rules
How do genres provide a framework for writers?
They don’t constrain innovation and originality
What is the general purpose to folktales and epics in a culture?
To pass along a cultures history and values, their overall worldview
What is the moral for the grasshopper and the ant?
You should prepare for future events
What kind of fable is this?
A beast fable, it has animals as its main character
Folktales
-The collective term for the tales and myths passed along primarily by word of mouth within a society or culture.
Why are the three friends in the lion makers made unsympathetic?
Because of their arrogance
What two genres is the tortoise and the osprey between?
Myth and fable
Who is the foil to the tortoise?
The tortoises’ wife
What kind of folktale is the tortoise and the osprey?
A African folktale
What is the consequences of the tortoises plan?
He falls and his shell is cracked, leaving a permanent pattern. The lesson he learns is to be more content with who he is.
What kind of folktale is the pumpkin seeds?
A Korean folktale
Who is an example of an archetype in the pumpkin seeds?
The poor but kinder younger brother
Why is the pumpkin seeds considered a fairytale?
Because it has an indefinite setting, it contains fantastical or magical elements, and I tree forever broad moral boundraies.
In the pumpkin seeds what reinforces the importance of character modivation?
Conflict and resolution
