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Folklore

Folklore. The American Folk Tradition. What is folklore?. Any of the beliefs, customs, and traditions that people pass from generation to generation.

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Folklore

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  1. Folklore The American Folk Tradition

  2. What is folklore? • Any of the beliefs, customs, and traditions that people pass from generation to generation. • Consists of many types including : ballads, fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales, legends, myths, dances, games, rhymes, proverbs, riddles, songs, etc.

  3. Where does folklore originate? • Folklore originated out of the oral tradition - stories told at festivals and around campfires, rather than shared on paper.

  4. Characteristics of folklore • Theme – a central idea, message, or insight that is revealed within a story • Heroes and heroines – larger than life figures whose virtues and deeds are often celebrated in stories from the oral tradition.

  5. Storytelling techniques • Hyperbole – exaggeration or overstatement, either for comic effect or to express heightened emotion • Personification – human characteristics or personality given to nonhuman subjects, such as animals or natural elements. • Idioms – expressions – such a “It’s raining cats and dogs!” – that develop in a language, region, community, or class of people that can not be understood literally.

  6. Types of Folklore • Myths – tales that explain the actions of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them. These stories often attempt to explain the cause of natural phenomena. Creation Myth – a story that explains how the world came to be • Fables – brief stories that often feature animals that act like humans. Fables usually end with a moral, or proverb, that is directly stated.

  7. Types of Folklore continued • Tall Tales - Folk tales that use hyperbole. The tales often involve a hero who performs impossible feats. Tall tales are a form of legend – stories based on fact that become less true with each retelling. • Epics - long narrative poems about larger-than-life heroes who engage in dangerous journeys, or quests.

  8. Types of Folklore continued • Folk Tale – anonymous stories passed down by word of mouth generation after generation. • Urban Legend – exaggerated story of today’s society.

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