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| is the body of ancient stories and poems that grew out of the oral tradition of storytelling before being eventually written out. |
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| are shorter than in other genres of literature, all but the essentials disappeared during countless retellings |
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| concentrated and fast paced, adding interest |
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| are two dimensional and easily identified as a good or bad |
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| is characterized by stock beginnings and endings |
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| should sound as though it is being told |
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| preserve the flavor of the culture or the country of its origin |
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| employ a rich literary style |
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| illustrated versions of traditional literature |
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| text and illustrations must be high quality |
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| consider the number and variety of tales in the collection |
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| when evaluating collections of traditional literature |
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| softened versions of traditional tales |
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| robs stories of their power, their appeal, and their psychological benefit to children, who are reassured that the evil force is gone forever and cannot come back to hurt them. |
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| share unaltered versions of traditional tales |
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| When children are old enough to cope with the violence or harsh justice they contain? |
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| What remained in oral form for thousands of years? |
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| Which story have folklorists found all over the world? |
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| Many origins, holds that early humans had similar urges and motives; asked similar, fundamental questions about themselves and the world around them; and,logically, created similar stories in response |
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| Renewed interest in storytelling |
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| The popularity of traditional literature with children has continued to grow in the twenty first century |
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| are written by known authors in the style of the traditional ones but are not of ancient and unknown origin are therefore not tradtional in the strict sense. |
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| A version of a tale written in a style that will appeal to a contemporary audience but otherwise remaining true to the ancient tale |
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| sometimes used synonymously with traditional literature |
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| A story that shares elements of plot or character with other stories and its therefore in the same "story family" but differs mainly by culture. |
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| are stories that recount and explain the origins of the world and the phenomena of nature |
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| Myths are sometimes referred to as |
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| are mainly gods, goddesses, with occasional mention of humans, and the setting is high above earth in the home of gods |
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| Characters in creation stories . |
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| are long stories of human adventure and heroism recounted in many episodes, sometimes in verse |
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| are stories based on either real or supposedly real individuals and their marvelous deeds. |
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| are highly exaggerated accounts of the expolits of persons, both real or imagined so they may be considered a subcategory of legends |
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| are stories that grew out of the lives and imaginations of the people, or folk |
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| 1697 Tales of Mother Goose |
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| 1812 Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm |
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| collected fairytales in Germany |
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| collected fairytales in England |
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| "Grandfather Tales & Jack Tales" |
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| fairytales or magic tales |
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| Kind of folktale having magic characters such as fairies |
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| a simple story that incoporates characters typically animals whose actions teach a moral lesson or universal truth, and moral is stated at the end of the story. |
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| stories based on religious writings or taken intact from religious manuscripts |
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