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Various Questions about Traditional Literature
Types of Folk Literature Part I
Types of Folk Literature Part II
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This looks at folk literature from many times and cultures.
What is Traditional Literature?
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This type of tale is created by repeating and adding to them.
What is a Cummulative Tale?
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Folk Tales that involve magic and usually have a royal setting.
What are Fairy Tales?
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This is the genre of Traditional Literature.
What are Folktales?
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The Three Little Pigs, Chicken Little, Tales of Uncle Remus.
What are Animal and Trickster Tales?
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Tales that could have happened, such as Urban Legends.
What are Realistic Tales.
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Told and heard from generation to generation before being written and read.
What is a Folktale?
300
Numbskull tales or noodlehead stories.
What are Humorous Tales?
300
Beowulf is one.
What is an Epic?
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The cottage, the castle, the forest.
What is the setting in Traditonal Literature?
400
Greatly exaggerated stories of local heroes.
What are Tall Tales and Legends?
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These tales illustrate a clear lesson or a moral.
What are Fables?
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The hero, the rival, the helper.
What are the characters in Traditional Literature?
500
Scary tales that are not too frightening.
What are Ghost Stories?
500
These are ancient stories about the gods or creation stories.
What are Myths?