ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Definition. Folktales are traditional fictional stories. “Traditional” means that the stories have been transmitted from narrator to narrator sufficiently to have acquired the form and style that is characteristic of traditional oral narratives the world over.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historical Fiction is set in a real place, during a culturally recognizable time. The details and the action in the story can be a mix of actual events and ones from the author’s imagination as they fill in the gaps. Characters can be pure fiction or based on real people (often, it’s both).

Detailed explanation-3: -"Traditional literature encompasses books rendered from oral tradition–stories that have been passed down for ages (Kiefer, 2007)–and as a result are commonly shared throughout the world. This literature includes folktales, myths, fables, and legends.” Barone, D. M. (2011).

Detailed explanation-4: -In contrast to a literary story, with its standard text and author living in a definite time and place, the folktale is anonymous. Its originators have long been forgotten and it exists in many versions, all equally valid. Instead of being fixed like a literary document, it is in continual flux.