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Traditional LiteratureFolktales, Fables, Fairytales, Myths
Why learn about Traditional Literature? Serves as the building blocks for
contemporary literature/framework for literature
Provides a window on diverse cultures
Provides moral models for children as the struggle between good and evil is applied to events in their own lives
FolktaleA story told by word of mouth to teach a lesson
Passed down from generation to generation
Folk tale Folktales feature common people, such as
peasants, and commonplace events.
Characters representing human frailty (being fragile).
Characters represent human qualities
Good
Evil
Wisdom
Foolishness
Laziness
Etc.
Folktales
The conflict of the story is clear. The resolution usually has happy
endingsGood is rewarded and evil is punishedElements of magic or magical
characters may be incorporated, but logic rules so the supernatural must make sense in the story.
Fables
Short stories that teach a moral (lesson)
Plot is very brief, with one event.
Animal characters with human characteristics
Characters are flat, and stand for one human trait.
Themes: cooperation, understanding, acceptance, etc.
Morals sometimes are inferred.
May be expressed in a proverb.
Aesop's Fables This famous Book of Fables, which are
always referred to as Aesop's Fables, date back to the 5th Century BC.
Lion and the Mouse
The Fox and the Crow
Goose with the Golden Eggs
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Ant and the Grasshopper
Fairytale
Elements of a Fairytale
Contains magic/enchantments
Likely character types:
Talking animals
Witches
Fairies
Nobles (Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses)
Godparents
Fairy Tale- setting
Setting does not have a definite location or time
Familiar fairytales look like Germany
The best know tale in the World Cinderella
The oldest known version was found in China in the 9th century.
It is basically a story of sibling rivalry.
There are over 700 different versions.
Hans Christian Anderson
Click on Anderson’s picture to see his stories
• Danish author and poet• Wrote more than 160 Fairy Tales• Many of Andersen's fairy tales depict
characters who gain happiness in life after suffering and conflicts
• Ugly Duckling theme of self-discovery, which matched his own life
• Optimistic belief in the triumph of the good• Known as the father of the modern
fairytale
Brothers Grimm Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and
Wilhelm Carl Grimm
Wrote children’s tales and folklore to preserve German culture/heritage
Wrote 211 stories together
Click picture for Grimm stories
More stories
Fractured Fairy tale
When authors modernize or change one or more of the elements of the story, the story is called a fractured fairy tale.
Plot (conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
Setting (time and/or place)
Character (name, character traits)
Point of View
Theme
Fractured Fairy tales
Fracture Fairy Tales on the screen
Myths
A mythology is a related body of stories which make up the official beliefs or explanations of a religious system.
Myths attempt to explain the beginning of the world, natural phenomena, the relationships between the gods and humans, and the origins of civilization.
Myths, like legends, are stories told as though they were true.
Myths
Ancient Civilizations stories and beliefs
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