Traditional Literature
A genre is studied from the perspective of culture: the values, beliefs, ways of knowing and living that characterize a social group. Traditional literature is the written form of stories that are part of the oral tradition of culture. Expressions that are taken from these various stories often become sufficiently common that most members if the cultural group understand them even without knowing the specific stories they come from. Intertextuality referring to story in another context can create bonds, but also problems in a multicultural society.
Literary Elements of Traditional Literature
Plot- are usually simple and often sequential
Setting - are often deliberately vague using descriptions such as “once upon a time”
Characterization-symbolic and are rarely developed as actual people with strengths, weakness, personalities and idiosyncrasies.
Style- expressions of the culture where the story originated.
Theme-they usually feature themes important to the culture from which they originated
Motifs- Literary elements that recurs across many stories
Variants- have come down to us through countless retelling over time, their details have changed and evolved.
A genre is studied from the perspective of culture: the values, beliefs, ways of knowing and living that characterize a social group. Traditional literature is the written form of stories that are part of the oral tradition of culture. Expressions that are taken from these various stories often become sufficiently common that most members if the cultural group understand them even without knowing the specific stories they come from. Intertextuality referring to story in another context can create bonds, but also problems in a multicultural society.
Literary Elements of Traditional Literature
Plot- are usually simple and often sequential
Setting - are often deliberately vague using descriptions such as “once upon a time”
Characterization-symbolic and are rarely developed as actual people with strengths, weakness, personalities and idiosyncrasies.
Style- expressions of the culture where the story originated.
Theme-they usually feature themes important to the culture from which they originated
Motifs- Literary elements that recurs across many stories
Variants- have come down to us through countless retelling over time, their details have changed and evolved.
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