ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -There are many folktales about the early American frontier. Stories that have been orally passed down throughout history. These tall tales have immortalized legends like Paul Bunyan and Annie Oakley. American folktales enable us to understand our history and our American culture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally folktales are considered both by tellers and listeners as purely fictional.

Detailed explanation-3: -INDIA. All ancient civilizations had their folktales, but it was only in India that story telling developed into an art. It was here that Persians learnt this art and passed it on to the Arabs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Folklore was passed down from earlier generations, who told the stories verbally. Each generation would then tell their own children, and these stories became part of a culture’s tradition. The invention of the printing press allowed these stories to be published – and shared with the world.