GER 10 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Potestas, Huguenot, Smallpox Vaccine
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1812 then 1815 (86 vs 156 stories, first for scholar but had bad reviews so for children) Oral: formulaic with building blocks, passed for generations for huge flexibility. Supernatural: magic, gather bones of dead + boil to relive, animal speaking) Polygenesis = originates in different places, diffusion = tale travels, contamination = spreads like a virus (problem: unidentifiable age of tale) Written: written is contaminated, no interaction, semi-literate process. Violence and sexuality (father with incestuous desires like thousandfurs) Cruel punishments: putting in barrel with nails, burn at stake. Audience: adults around spinning circles, sewing parties, fireside, pornography of the day, from lower class where favors weak class + king are middle class. 16th and 17th century, not for children until 18th century. Fantastic elements (supernatural as normal, magic, prophecy, talking animals) Death is not real (characters die and come back to life, route to new life [sleeping. Time is real (sleeps and is young, mountain in pommerania with little bird)
