LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
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Teen fiction, young adult books, stories for children
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Fairy tales, fables, myths, legends and tall tales
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Action, comedy, documentary
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Fiction, action, tall tales, teen fiction, fairy tales.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Traditional literature is a genre that started in the oral tradition. Myths, fables, epics, ballads, legends, folk rhymes, folktales, fairy tales, trickster tales, tall tales, cumulative tales and pourquoi tales are part of this genre.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditional tales are also referred to as fairy stories or fairy tales. Stories such as Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Jack and the Beanstalk are all traditional stories.
Detailed explanation-3: -Traditional literature comes in five different forms: folktales, fables, myths, epic and legendary heroes, and the Bible.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition of fable-A short allegorical narrative making a moral point, traditionally by means of animal characters who speak and act like human beings. Examples: Aesop’s Fables, Definition of folktale-A traditional narrative, usually anonymous, handed down orally-e.g., fables, fairy tales, legends, etc.