ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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 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."

Detailed explanation-3: -Traditional literature comes in five different forms: folktales, fables, myths, epic and legendary heroes, and the Bible. Often comprised of short, high-quality literature that facilitates the formation of a common, human bond, folklore originated in an oral format.

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