LITERATURE QUESTIONS
FOLK LITERATURE
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are clever statements that express a truth. With simple melodies and repeated lines, they tell stories of war, adventure, and romance.
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stories that often deal with heros, adventure, magic, romance
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are brief stories or poems that teach lessons, or morals. These morals are usually stated directly at the ends of the fables. The main characters are often animals with human characteristics.
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present the ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs of a culture in musical form. With simple melodies and repeated lines, they tell stories of war, adventure, and romance
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many of the heroes of folk and fairy tales fall into one of three general categories: Prince Charming, as in Sleeping Beauty; Jack, as in Foolish Jack or Jack and the Beanstalk; and the Younger Son, as in Puss in Boots.
Detailed explanation-2: -Folktales are an oral tradition with no accredited author. Characters are generally animals acting with human characteristics and talking. Folktales are rooted more in human scenarios, instead of magic, to relay a moral.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fairy tales are often thought of as children’s stories involving magical lands, fantastical beasts, and imaginary creatures like witches, goblins, elves, and sorcerers. While this is true, there are plenty of fairy tales for adults that can create that same feeling of wonder and escape from reality.
Detailed explanation-4: -Brer Rabbit. Chicken Little. Ghost Stories. Gingerbread Man. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Henny Penny. The Little Red Hen. Stone Soup. More items