GER 1791- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)
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If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. When i examine myself and m methods of thought, i come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract positive thinking . Fairy tales were not always meant for children. Oral and literary fairy tales are grounded in history. Metaphors and symbols are important elements of fairy tales. Anticipated result: social and political conditions can be changed. Early fairy tales formed he basis for the development of literary fairy tales. The wonder fairy tale (zaubermarchen in german or conte merveilleux in. The literary fairy tale (emerged around 1700); meant for the aristocracy and the upper-middle class. Vladimir propp, morphology of the fold tale (original publication in 1928) 31 basic functions of the oral wonder tale.
