ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"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-2: -Traditional literature is literature that has no known author and stories that have been handed down orally from one generation to the next, with each storyteller adding slight variations. These stories often tell of a culture’s customs, values, and beliefs.

Detailed explanation-3: -FABLES. LEGENDS. FOLK TALES. FAIRY TALES. MYTHS. TALL TALES.

Detailed explanation-4: -Based in oral tradition with no known author. Anytime and anyplace (once upon a time in a place far away). Common ending (they lived happily ever after). Often magical. Typically evil is defeated and hero/heroine triumphs. Contain universal truths and values of time. Were sometimes used to instruct children in values. More items