GER 10 Study Guide - Final Guide: Bruno Bettelheim, Wild Hunt, Sigmund Freud
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Folktales and fairy tales are used interchangeably because the definition of the genres varies from person to person. Folktale: a less specific term referring to legends, local legends, jests, fables, jokes, and fairy tales. Always have something supernatural, such as speaking animals or magic. Always oral and they change as they are told by different story tellers. People would gather and tell stories to pass the time. Formulaic building blocks: always begin with "once upon a time" and end with "happily ever after" We only know what was eventually written down. Tale originates in country a and travels to country b. Ex - icelandic tales have forests but iceland has no forests. Oral tale is pure, written form is degraded. Oral tale creates bond between teller and his audience, and story changed with how the audience reacted to the tale. Local legend: tied to a specific time and place; explains a particular natural feature.
