LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRADITIONAL LITERATURE
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At a castle or in a forest
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Always at an outside location
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Can happen anywhere at anytime (nothing specific)
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Linked to an actual historical time period
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Detailed explanation-1: -Setting is more crucial in tall tales and folktales than it is in most fables. The setting in tall tales emerges from the specific experiences of people who lived in a particular time and place. For example, Paul Bunyan, a giant lumberjack, did great deeds in the huge forest of a new land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tall tales are stories with outrageous elements that are difficult to believe. Although the elements of tall tales are related as if they were factual, the reader knows they are exaggerated and are meant to simply be a form of entertainment.
Detailed explanation-3: -The chief period of prominence of the tall tale was 1830 to 1860, and the principal practitioners were professional men living in the South, typically only writers by avocation, who were known as the humorists of the Old Southwest.
Detailed explanation-4: -A tall tale is about a larger-than-life hero or heroine with superhuman abilities. Tall tales are often funny and outrageous, where everyday problems are solved in humorous ways. The stories feature exaggerated details to tell about the main character’s life and amazing feats of bravery and strength.