Types of Tales (Traditional Tales)

This is my powerpoint in my report in Developmetal reading 1

1. Reading Traditional Tales and Knowing Their Patterns & Variants Prepared By: Francisco L. Gatchalian III

2. Folktales  Different scholars classify folktales way. According to Stancy Carney, the tales are derived into (Torres, 2003). FOLKTALES Cumulative Tales Talking Beast Tales Drolls and humurous Realistic Tales Religious Tales Romances Tales Pourqoui Tales Tales of magic

3. Cumulative Tales Cumulative Tales: these have little plot and lots of rhythm. Events follow a logical order in a pattern of repetition. Repetitive Tales - those stories that have "add-ons". Chain Tales - those stories that have pattern that units the whole story

4. Talking Beast Tales Talking Beast Tales: animals behave as human. An example is the story of Three Little Pigs.

5. Drolls and Humorous Drolls and Humorous: are fun and nonsense stories. The main character makes silly mistakes. The characters are poor or the lower classes of society.

6. Realistic tales Realistic Tales: the characters, plot and setting can be possible in real world.

7. Religious Tales Religious Tales: these are usually didactic but can be humorous.

8. Romances Romances: lovers are separated and through magic and impossible tasks are again reunited.

9. Tales of Magic Tales of Magic: a.k.a fairy tales. Magic is involved. The characters come from the upper classes of society.

10. Pourqoui Tales Pourqoui Tales: are the "why" stories. They try to explain animal traits as well as human behavior.

11. Tall Tales and Folktales Tall tales do appear in other countries, but it is in the US that unforgettable heroes have appeared in these types of stories. American tales have humor, courage and the spirit that pioneers must have to be able to survive the hostile enviroment .

12. GFT: The Symbolism From the picture given, the students will recognize in what folktales did they remember that symbolism or photo.

13. Folktales have some common basic characteristics (Torres, 2003). They are the following: Characteristics of Folktales

14. Structure of plot Structure of Plot. The characters are presented in the beginning, the setting is quickly established, the story contain conflict, climax, falling action and conclusion.

15. characterization Characterization. The characters are flat or presented as one-dimensional (i.e. completely good or bad).

16. STYles Style: folktales of different cultures have their own unique way of presenting their stories.  Example: "Once upon a time..."  "There was a time ...“

17. theme Theme: The most common contemporary understanding of theme is an idea or point that is central to a story, which can often be summed in a single word (e.g. love, death, betrayal) (wikipedia.org). The importance of love, courage, friendship is many times presented in folktales.

18. MOTifs Motifs: are basically the patterns seen in folktalessuch as:  > The characters seen in folktales: wicked stepmothers, abused children, tricksters and the younger brother. > The supernatural beings:fairies , witches, giants > The magical objects: tablecloth that give food, mirror that speaks. > Enchantments: prince turned into a frog, lonh sleep over 100 years

19.  Fable - a short story that usually is about animals and that is intended to teach a lesson (Merriam Webster Dictionary). Aesop - considered as father of fables.

20. Characteristics of fables • Stories are short. • The stories have a lesson. • Animals and natural elements can speak as humans. • Characters represent human characteristics or behavior. • Few characters appear in these stories. • Plots usally present a single event.

21. MYTHs Myths: a traditional story about superheroes or supernatural being, often explaining the origins of natural phenomena or aspect of human behavior. Creation Myths Nature Myths Hero Myths MYTH

22. Creation Myth Creation Myths: These stories explain how the world and human was created.

23. Nature myths Nature Myths: These are the stories that try to explain why season changes. 

24. Hero myths Hero Myths: In these stories the hero must accomplish some tasks.

25. Legends & epics is a mixture of reality and fiction. Basically, legends start of from a real incident that through time transformed by imaginary events added by the narrator of the story. Epics: a long narrative on a cycle of stories clustering around the actions of a single hero. LEGENDS EPICS

26. EPICS in the philippines LUZON the Hudhud of the Ifugao the pre-Hispanic epic poem Biag ni Lam- ang   the Ullalim epic songs of the Kalinga the Ibalon epic from Bicol WESTERN VISAYAS  the Hinilawod – the longest and oldest epic of the Hiligaynon people MINDANAO the Darangan of the Maranao (recognized by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)