4.Folk Lit

Question 1

Definition of Folk Lit

Answer 1

Narrative material that handed down by tradition and describe the culture and customs of a group of ppl.

Question 2

Folk Lit

Answer 2

• can call folklore
• usually have no identification author
• begins oral traditional, have diff versions
• at least 1part of story is unreal
• have good guy bad guy

Question 3

Type of Folk Lit

Answer 3

1. Myths
2. Fairy tales
3. Fables
4. Tall tales

Question 4

Myth

Answer 4

• usually explain how world started
• relationship btw ppl and universe
• natural events
• Gods and supernatural are involved

Question 5

Type of Myth

Answer 5

Archetype - basis pattern common to many cultures
Plot - event in story
Pattern -sth happen again&again

Plot pattern archetype is plot event, person, or idea that common to many diff cultures

Question 6

Fairytales

Answer 6

Folktales abt heroic needs to teach children how to behave in way they find amusing

-typically include magic & happy ending

Question 7

Fairytales Authors

Answer 7

Charles Perrault (france)
Grimm brothers (german)
Hans Christian Anderson (denmark)

Question 8

Charles Perrault

Answer 8

Collected fairytales & published “Tale of Mother Goose” in 1697

Ex. Blue beard, red cap, cin, ugly ducking

Question 9

Grimm Brothers

Answer 9

Collected 200 stories commonly called “Grimm’s fairytales”

Have been translated to 70 langs
Spent 13 yrs to collect

Question 10

Han Christian Andersen

Answer 10

His writing began to be published in Danish in 1829

In 1835 he published “Fairytales Told for Children”