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Chapter 4
Genres in Children's Lit. (#2)
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/09/2013

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Historical fiction
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is a genre that should have a strong basis in fact. Stories help young readers acquire a sense of the past.
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Genre
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is a type of literature that has a common set of characteristics.
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Why is it import to know the differences between genres?
Definition
1. The term can be useful in organizing discussions of children's literature and their intertexual relationships.
2. Understanding the concept of genre clarifies the ways literary elements function differently in different genres.
3. Sensitivity to the broad and rich variety in literature available to children can allow teachers to help students sample many different genres.
4. A way to teach children what they should expect for each of the genres of literature they read.
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Traditional (folk) literature
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implies that the form comes to us from the ordinary person and exists orally rather than in writing.
- Depict human yearning for social acceptance and material comfort.
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Literary lore
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mimics characteristics of traditional literature.
i.e. Hans Christian Anderson
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Fable
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is a very brief story, usually with animal characters, that points clearly to a moral or lesson.
- Each character exemplifies a single trait.
- Conflict is clear.
- No interpretive narrator
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Folktale
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relies on flat characters, both bad and good, easily recognized.
- Stock characters (i.e. fairy godmother)
- Plots are simple and strictly chronological
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Noodlehead stories
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tales of good-hearted people who make lots of mistakes.
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Tall tales
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come primarily from the US and include exaggerated stories of folk heroes and heroines.
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Cumulative tales
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are based on a series of additions like the House That Jack Built.
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Pourquoi tales
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reverses the cumulative patter to unraveling a question about nature.
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Myths
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are stories that originate in the beliefs of nations and present episodes in which supernatural forces operate.
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Legends
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(i.e. Arthur and his Knights) are similar to myths because both are traditional narratives of a people; sometimes the two subgenres are interwoven.
- More on historical truth and less on the supernatural.
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Folk epic
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is a long narrative poem of unknown authorship about an outstanding or royal character in a series of adventures related to that heroic central figure.
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HIgh fantasy
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is a subgenre that is primarily characterized by its focus on the conflict between good and evil.
1. The internal consistency of the new world.
2. Our belief in the protagonist's experience.
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Fantastic stories
Definition
stories realistic in most details but still requiring us to willingly suspend our disbelief. Blend realism and fantasy.
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Talking animal stories
Definition
literally what it sounds like.
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Science fiction
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may be seen as a type of fantasy, since the event of the stories could not or have not occurred as they do in our world as we know it.
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Dystopian literature
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in which the writer envisions a dark future: a recent upsurge in this type of writing for children.
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