Library Literature for Children and young Adult

2. FAIRY TALES
MARY ROSE V. NAVARRO
Discussant
BLIS III-L

3. INTRODUCTION
Fairy tales are full of magic, wonder and enchantment.
Prince and princesses encounter witches and goblins, mythical
creatures grant wishes and cast magic spells. There is always a
problem that must be solved, usually involving good versus evil
in some way. In the end, everyone lives happily ever after. This
topic presents the full-length look into fairy tales and their
purpose, characters, storyline, history, and development. Fairy
tales have played a pivotal role in children’s literature as they
have served as amusement for the youth and as sources of
meaningful lessons in life.

4. o It includes almost any tale in which something
extraordinary like fairies, giants, dwarfs, genies, and
speaking animals appear.
o The term is used to describe stories about magic.
o The word “fairy” came originally from Latin
“Fatum”- meaning the land of the free fate.
o The term is also used to describe something blessed
with unusual happiness, as in “fairy tale ending” (a
happy ending) or “fairy tale romance”.

5. The English term “fairy tale” stems from the fact that the French
contes often included fairies.
The German term”Mӓrchen” stems from the old German word “Mӓr”,
which means story or tale. The word “Mӓrchen” is the diminutive of
the word “Mӓr”, therefore it means a “little story”. Together with the
beginning “once upon a time” it means a fairy tale or a mӓrchen was
originally a little story from long time ago, when the world was still a
magic. (Indeed one less regular German opening is “In the old times
when wishing was still effective”.)

6. Tales were told or enacted dramatically, rather
than written down, and handed down from
generation to generation.

7. The stylistic evidence indicates that these, and many later collections,
reworked folk tales into literary forms. What they show is that fairy
tale has ancient roots, older than the Arabian Nights collection of
magical tales, such as Vikram and the Vampire, and Bel and the
Dragon.
In the broader definition of the genre, the first famous Western fairy
tales are those of Aesop (6th century BC) in ancient Greece.

8. Originally adults were the audience of a fairy tale just
as often as children. Literary fairy tales appeared in
works intended for adults, but in the 19th and 20th
centuries the fairy tale became associated with
children’s literature.

9. Fairy tales were altered so that they could be read to children.
The Brothers Grimm concentrated mostly on sexual references;
In many respects, violence- particularly when punishing the villains was
increased.
The moralizing strain in the Victorian era altered the classical tales to teach
lessons.
 It is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.

10. The adaptation of fairy tales for children continues,
Walt Disney’s influential Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs were largely intended for the children’s market.
The anime Magical Princess Minky Momo draws on the
fairy tale Momotarȏ.

11. o Fairy tales have been enacted dramatically;
o The advent of cinema has meant that such stories could be presented in a
more plausible manner, with the use of special effects and animation;
o Disney’s influence helped establish this genre as a children’s genre, and
has been blamed for simplification of fairy tales ending in situations
where everything goes right, as opposed to the pain and suffering- and
sometimes unhappy endings- of many folk fairy tales.

12. In comics and animated TV series, The Sandman, Revolutionary
Girl Utena, Princess Tutu, Fables and MÄR all make use of
standard fairy tale elements to various extents but are more
accurately categorized as fairytale fantasy due to the definite
locations and characters which a longer narrative requires.

13. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm collected the old German stories not for
the entertainment of children but to record them scientifically for
prosperity.
Hans Christian Andersen published his fairy tales in 1846.
Edward Lear’s Book of Nonsense marked the need for laughter in the
normal development of children.
Lewis Carrol made up stories for a little girl named Alice Liddell
whom Lewis became very fond. He called his collection of stories
Alice in Wonderland.

14. Elements of a Fairy Tale
¤ Magic or spells ¤ Animals with human characteristics
¤ Talking objects
¤ Evil villain or witches
¤ At least one very kind character
¤ Prince and Princesses
¤ Fairies
¤ Kings and Queens
¤ Castles and Forests
¤ Enchanted Kingdoms
¤ Dragons and Knights
¤ Mythical creatures
¤ A problem to solve
¤ Heroes

15. The Plot of a Fairy Tale
o A girl meets her prince
o A witch casts a spell
o Characters sing or talk in riddles
o Someone with a sad life gets a
better one
o A character gets a warning
o A character learns a lesson
o Animals befriend a human
o A character plays a trick
o The reader knows a secret
o Everyone lives happily ever after

16. 1. The story commonly begins “Once upon a time”.
2. There is no definite place where the story takes place.
3. The setting of the story is in illogical world, inhabited with
people whose lives are crossed by creatures of magic such as
fairies, witches, genies, elves, dwarves who meddle in the affairs
of human beings by means of enchantment.

17. 4. It is unreal world which the most difficult problem can be solved by
enchantment or magic.
5.The ending is always a happy one no matter how great the problem.
6. Every character acts according to his nature, and the stories move in
strong, direct action with an expected ending.
7. The good are rewarded and the evil are punished.

18. 1. A fairy tale is something that changes the commonplace into what
is rich, strange and wonderful.
2. Fairy tales teach children to look for wonder in the commonplace.
3. Fairy tales stir the imagination.
4. Fairy tales establish their sense of wonder.

19. 5. Fairy tales satisfy their hunger of adventure.
6. Fairy tales develop courage in children.
7. Fairy tales play a role in the emotional development of children.
8. Fairy tales provide pleasure and enjoyment for children.

20. 1. For reading aloud to children
2. For storytelling
3. For dramatization
4. For illustration

21. Literary
Fairy Tales

22. Hans Christian Andersen
The great master of the literary fairy tales.
 A collector and an interpreter of folktales and writer of
the fanciful stories.
 His stories were of a variety of subjects: about everyday
life, about inanimate objects, about animal and about
people.
One of Andersen’s most successful story types
was the fantasy.

23. Andersen’s stories often sad and tragic:
“The Marsh King’s Daughter”
“The Snow Queen”
“”The Little Mermaid”
“The Princess on the Pea”

24. Distinctive Characteristics of Andersen’s Tale
1. Andersen used vivid, dramatic and direct oral speech.
2. He used the simplest words possible.
3. His stories were of infinitive variety.
4. He did not follow the classic forms of old folktales.
5. His stories are a mixture of the traditional, realistic, historical,
highly imaginative or fanciful.

25. Distinctive Characteristics of Andersen’s Tale
6. His stories are sometimes in the form of allegory, parable of
fable.
7. His stories not only contain Scandinavian tradition, legendary
lore and superstition but also from other countries.
8. Andersen’s most characteristic trait is his shifting from the
world of pure imagination and fantasy to stark realism and from
reality to fantasy.

26. Modern Fairy
Tales and Writers

27. Charles Kingsley
A clergyman and scientist wrote a
book for his own little boy.
“The water Babies”

28. Charles Lutwidge Dodson
 His pen name is Lewis Carroll
“Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland”

29. George MacDonald’s
A pioneering figure in the field of
fantasy literature and the mentor of
fellow writer Lewis Carroll.
“At the Back of the
North Wind”

30. Robert Lawson’s
An American writer and illustrator of
children’s books.
“Rabbit Hill”

31. Selma Lagerof
The first female writer to win the Nobel
Prize in Literature.
“The Wonderful
Adventure of Nils.”

32. Beatrix Potter’s
Best known for her children's book
featuring animals, “Tales of Peter
Rabbit”- was the first children’s book
of the twentieth century.

33. Kenneth Grahame’s
“The Wind in the Willows”

34. Pamela Traver’s
“Mary Poppins”

35. Wanda Gag
“Millions of Cats”

36. Antoine de Saint Exupery’s
“The Little Prince”

37. Jose Rizal
“The monkey and the Turtle”

38. Famous Fairy Tale
o Cinderella
o Beauty and the Beast
o Rumpelstiltskin
o The Princess and the
Pea
o The Little Match-Seller
oThe Little Mermaid
oThe Emperor’s New
Clothes
oLittle Red Riding Hood
oThe Ugly Duckling

39. To cast out the fairy tale is to rub human beings of
their childhood, that transition period in which breadth
and richness are given to human life so that it may be
full and plastic enough to permit the creation of those
exacting efficiencies which increasing knowledge and
responsibility compel. We cannot omit the adventures of
fairyland from our educational program. They are too
well adapted to the restless, active, and unrestrained life
of childhood. They take the objects which little boys and
girls know vividly and personify them so that instinctive
hopes and fears may play and be disciplined.

40. While the fairy tales have no immediate purpose
other than to amuse, they leave a substantial by-product
which has a moral significance. In every reaction which
the child has for distress or humor in the tale, he
deposits another layer of vicarious experience which sets
his character more firmly in the mould of right or wrong
attitude. Every sympathy, every aversion helps to set the
impulsive currents of his life, and to give direction to his
personality.

41. Because of the important aesthetic and ethical
bearings of this form and literary experience, the
fairy stories must be rightly chosen and artfully
told. In no other way can their full worth in
education be realized. They are tools which require
determination and skills.

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