Notes from August 31st

Elements of Literature: Setting Plot Character Theme Ex/ Once Upon a Time. Once = setting Fairytales passed down across centuries and cultures: Way of spreading culture to next generation Moral guidelines Using fairytales, myths, legends, and fables

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Fairytale: Instead of elements being bigger, they became smaller Drop smaller details o Time, date and place replaced by once Short beginning Gotten rid of extraneous details Packed with punch, fast moving End with happy ending Pass on messages of cultures over years Messages can change over time I dimensional characters Clear messages of good and evil Same story, different meanings at each age level and what readers bring to story

Legends: Based on some truth or real person that becomes exaggerated Reasons for why things happen Exploits become bigger and bigger during retelling Myths: Help explain natural phenomenon Convey truth (not fact)

Lots of overlap historically with fairytales Saga Means myth or fairytale in Nordic countries

Fable: Always moral in story and very explicit Ex: Tortoise and the Hare o Slow and steady wins the race Folklore: stories of the people History: 35 versions of Little Red Riding hood in general sense All European versions we know In Iran, story about little boy o Girls cant be out alone Think Beralt created LRRH Common ancestor dates back 2,600 years Grimm brothers and Anderson wrote down many stories Beralt did also Oldest fable pre-dated 600 B.C. The Wolf and the Young Kids o More common in African version of the tale Korea, Japan, Burma Motif: repeating story/theme Spread through traveling traders Underlying themes of rape

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