ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Pourquoi [por-kwa] means “why” in French. Pourquoi tales are old legends told to explain why certain events happened. These tales often start in the past, e.g. A long, long time ago . . . and end when the explanation is complete. Pourquoi tales are most often concerned with animals and the natural world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Everywhere around the world people tell stories about how the Universe began and how humans came into being. Scholars, namely anthropologists and ethnologists, call these tales “creation myths” or “origin stories.”

Detailed explanation-3: -A pourquoi tale is a narrative that explains the origin of something. How did the tiger get his stripes? Why are the sun and the moon in the sky? Why does an elephant have such big ears?

Detailed explanation-4: -Folktales can be understood as stories that have been passed down from ancestors of a particular group of people to the younger generations. In most cases, these provide a moral. A myth, on the other hand, is a traditional story of early history or explaining a natural event, especially involving supernatural beings.