Folklore
in my case is stories made or told by group of people and passed
down over time. What I do not understand is that why there isn’t a real
definition for folklore? Also, what is the difference between folktales and
folklores? Both folktales and folklores have tradition and they are passed down
and still told today. Starting this class I only knew about fairy tales
especially the Disney fairy tales. I thought that they all under the same
category but in all actuality there are so many different categories that for
some they do not even have an explanation to every of them. Now I am starting
to open my eyes to all the different stories and that there’s a story for
everything. There are stories to terrify children into behaving good, for
children to stay away from strangers. And they just pass them on to their family and or friends.
It looks to me like folklore is a general topic that includes any sort of social interaction or artistic expression, while folktales are a specific category of folklore that includes only the stories that are passed between generations.
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way when entering this course and hearing about all these different types of folktales, tall tales, and urban legends. I was only ever really exposed to fairy tales and one or two ghost stories. So reading and learning about all these different types is very intriguing.
ReplyDelete