Child.Lit.Chp7 Flashcards
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Folktales?
Are simple stories with sparely drawn characters and strong plots
Traditional Literature
Is the Body of stories and poems that have come to us from teller to hearer and from hearer to teller, and who’s authors are unknown.
The term Folktale?
Originates from German and French that means “popular tales/household tales”
Branch of Folktale.
Fair tales-but they include more than fairies.
Folktales from other counties/races
Africa-Br’er Rabbit (spider and rabbit)
Latin America-Juan Bobo the simpleton; ratoncito Perez and cucarachita Martinez the gluttonous mouse and the amorous roach.
Native American-spirit man glooscap and the trickster coyote.
Elements of folk stories
setting; characters; plot; themes; how readers respond.
Setting of Folktales
Is in no particular distant past-physical setting is sketchy-not specific. But have an association. E.g: castle, cottage, forest. Each mean something more/equal to a meaning
Cottage = ?
Is where common people live; have ambitions to move up in life
Castle?
The place of dreams-ordinary people don’t belong there, but by chance or will power wind up there.
Forest?
Is the place of danger and imagination
Characters
Are sparsely described, but their character can be described very good or very bad.
Roles?
Is the part given to a character to fulfill in the plot. Once we know the role the reader instinctively assigned attributes to them
Roles: the hero; the goal; the rival; the helper
The hero?
The person whose desires and needs drive the story forward.
The goal?
The Hero’s main need or desire
The rival?
The person who stands between the hero and her or his goal
The helper?
The person or force who helps the hero towards his or her goal.
Commonalities of Folktales
Motifs & Tale types
Motifs?
Is what identifies the real hero(ine)
3 ways: certain actors(fair godmother, wicked stepmothers);
certain objects(a ring; wand; sword; clothing; bread crumbs, Etc);
certain actions (turning wine into blood, special move etc.)
Tale types
A recognizable pattern that forms in a folk narrative. Is a cluster of motifs or strands of motifs woven together.
The hero cycle?
Is composed of several steps
- the hero at home
- the call to adventure
- the test
- the helper
- the land of adventure
- a deathlike experience
- meeting the goddess
- atonement with the father
- stealing or winning the boon
- the flight
- the return
The claims of Freud
1st the power of early drama of the family the basics of who we are now started out when we were kids
2nd we create symbols to exit urges to reduce the tension they generate.
Charles Perrault
A French poet and lawyer published histories ou contes . . . Avec des moralities
The Brothers Grimm
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Gathered the material where scholars. Born 1785 and 1786 most material was gathered from Frau viehmannin hansel and gretel; Snow White; little red riding hood.
Joseph Jacobs
Father of English folklore: published English fairy tales; and Celtic fairy tales; three bears; Henny Penny; jack and the beanstalk