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| Literature that is usually oral tradition with no known author that portrays a culture's heritage, values, and beliefs. |
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| Fictional stories, set in any time or place with common narrative motifs (supernatural adversaries and helpers), that are not taken seriously. |
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| Little Red Riding Hood is an example of what type of traditional literature? |
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| Brief tales in which animal characters talk and act like humans and indicate a moral lesson. |
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| The Tortoise and the Hare is an example of what kind of Traditional Literature? |
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| Prose narratives that are considered truthful accounts of remote past and account for origins or everyday phenomena. They are usually accepted as a sacred faith or dogma. |
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| Give examples of mythological stories or characters. |
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| The Raven (Native American), Zeus (Greek), Noah's Ark (Christian), etc. |
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| Prose narratives regarded as true like myths, but are set in a period less remote with a world much like today, and are more often secular than sacred. |
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| Robin Hood is an example of what type of traditional literature? |
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| Authors copy the elements found in traditional literature but do not come from oral tradition and are not considered traditional literature. |
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| Treasure Island is an example of what type of traditional literature? |
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Made traditional stories his own, keeping them light and frivolous, sometimes speaking straight to the audience.
Tales of My Mother Goose |
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| Marie Le Prince de Beaumont |
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| Published Le Magasin des enfants, a colletion of stories written from a governess to her students that included a shorter version of "Beauty and the Beast". |
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| Intent was to preserve the traditional folktales, but ended up makeing may stylistic changes throughout the various editions of their collection. |
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| Some of his tales were taken from folk tradition (The Tinder Box, The Princess and the Pea) and others were original (The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling). |
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| Professional folklorist and ethnic historian that focused on traditional English folktales that had yet to be written down. |
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