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TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
By: Jarne’ Steptoe & Kristy Campbell
WHAT IS TRADITIONAL
LITERATURE?
The terms "folk/fairy tales" are interchangeable. They are called "folk" because they
are part of the oral tradition handed down from generation to generation by the
folk. The term "fairy" denotes the presence of magic, characters like dwarfs,
leprechauns, and the like.
FOLKTALES
Narratives which are regarded as fiction
They contain common narrative motifs such as supernatural
adversaries, supernatural helpers, magic, marvel, tasks and
quests. Common themes such as reward of good and punishment
of evil.
Subcategories of folktales include:
1. Cumulative tales Tales
that sequentially repeat the
actions, characters, or speeches .
The main character whether it
be an animal or human it has
the intelligence and reasoning
ability.
2. Pourquoi Tales are
the “WHY” tales they ask
questions.
3. Humorous Tales allow people to
laugh at themselves as well as
at others, an apparently
universal pleasure.
4.
Beast Tales are amongst the
universal folktales. These are
the tales about talking animals
showing cleverness of one
animal and the stupidity of the
other.
5. Magic and wonderful Tales the
majority of the story is magic,
transformations from humans to
animals and vise versa.
6. Realistic Tales are the tales that the
characters could actually exist.
FABLES
•Are brief tales
•Meant to entertain
•With animal characters
•That ends with a moral
FABLES
The Fox and the Grapes
One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he
came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been
trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth
he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed
the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up,
but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting
morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in
the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour.
" It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
MYTH
A Legendary story, usually circled around a hero or event, that has no
explanation as to how it happened. It usually is related to some sort of
phenomenon
BOOKS
Interesting Facts
Mythology is of Greek decent and has the aspects of
Euhemerism (origin of gods), allegory, personification and
mythritual
This kind of literature can be controversial with different
religious groups because of the gods factor.
Hercules, by
Kathryn Lasky
Titan’s Curse, by
Rick Riordan
LEGENDS
Semitrue stories that have been passed down
from generation to generation. It has important
symbolism and meaning for different cultures
INTERESTING FACTS
Many of these stories stem from Native Americans.
Some have claimed that these stories are not true, because of the mythlike
suggestions.
RELIGIOUS THEMES
Stories that have a base for a specific religion and beliefs
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe
INTERESTING FACTS
Religious values were instilled in earlier family life between 1938 – 1960
Religious values of in present day have faltered into today’s American family and many books of
Children’s Literature have been omitting the religious factor.
REFERENCE
Norton, Donna & Norton, Saundra (2011). Through the eyes of a child: An
introduction to children's literature (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill
Prentice Hall, ISBN 013702875X
(n.d.). Retrieved September 1, 2010, from Books: http://www.amazon.com/Childrens
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Smith, C. L. (n.d.). Cythian Leitich Smith. Retrieved from
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/multicultural/multi_background.html