Scribd
Upload
898 views19 pages

Q2-W 2-Lit-Folk Tale-Two Legs or One

The document discusses the key elements and characteristics of folktales, including that they are passed down orally over generations, often use animals to teach moral lessons, and include magical elements like tricksters or fairytales. Common elements folktales share are a focus on cultural values, solving problems, supernatural events, and themes of good triumphing over evil. Settings are simple and time is ambiguous like "once upon a time." Characters may gain special abilities and are typically rewarded for kindness and courage.

Uploaded by

Jehan Adel
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
898 views19 pages

Q2-W 2-Lit-Folk Tale-Two Legs or One

The document discusses the key elements and characteristics of folktales, including that they are passed down orally over generations, often use animals to teach moral lessons, and include magical elements like tricksters or fairytales. Common elements folktales share are a focus on cultural values, solving problems, supernatural events, and themes of good triumphing over evil. Settings are simple and time is ambiguous like "once upon a time." Characters may gain special abilities and are typically rewarded for kindness and courage.

Uploaded by

Jehan Adel
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 19

Elements of Folktales

What is a Folktale?
 Folktales were passed down from
generation to generation by word of
mouth, which is called oral tradition.

 Folktales were made up to explain the


wonders of the world or to teach morals
and lessons.
Different Types of Folktales

 Trickster Tales
 Fables
 Pourqoui stories
 Fairytales
Trickster Tales
 One character, usually the protagonist,
is a clever trickster that causes
problems for the other characters
 They usually go unpunished

 Example :Goha “Two Legs or one”


Fables
 These are stories that teach a lesson or have
a moral
 The main characters of Fables are usually
animals with human characteristics
 The moral is never stated, but needs to be
inferred by the reader

 Examples of Fables: Tortoise and the Hare


Pourquoi Stories
 Explain WHY something is as it is
 Explains HOW something came to be
and it usually explains something in
Nature
 Examples of Pourquoi stories:
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
How the Elephant Got Its Trunk
Fairytales
 Include good and evil characters
 Usually has a hero or heroine
 Has Magic
 Often begins with “Once upon a time”
 Conflicts are resolved through kindness
 or courage
 Examples: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty,
Aladdin
Elements of Folktales

-Are usually set in the past and are based on an oral


tradition.
-Often show the importance of a cultural value or
behavior.
-Often focus on a problem that needs to be solved.
-May feature supernatural characters or events.
-Sometimes feature a “Trickster”
Common Elements of a Folktale:
Themes
Characters go through tests to prove
something (the good character must
solve a problem)
Good v. Evil (has characters that are
good, others are bad)
Good is rewarded and evil is punished in
the end (tales have a happy ending)
Common Elements of a Folktale:
Characterization
 Characters change only after they have
gone though the lesson learned during the
course of the story
 The hero is usually young and fair, kind,
brave, unselfish, and may possess some
sort of special power.
 Magic helpers, such as the Fairy
Godmother in Cinderella, allow for things
to occur within a story that would otherwise
be impossible.
Common Elements of a Folktale:
Setting

 Place is usually described easily and


briefly, leaving the imagination to fill in the
gaps. For example, folktales take place in
a cottage in the woods or in a magical
kingdom

 Time is fantasy time, such as Once upon


a time, or A long time ago
Two Legs or One?
Folk tale

1-The calf legs cooked quickly indeed, and when Goha’s wife took the lid
off the pot, she saw that they were done wonderfully well—so
wonderfully well that the smell of them was sweeter to her than any
rose.

Exaggeration :
The exaggeration helps show
that the meat is a powerful
temptation will probably
create a problem that the
character in the folk tale will
need to solve.
2-Ah, but the meat was tender and perfectly cooked. She took a second taste, a
third. And suddenly there was nothing more to taste. She had eaten the entire
calf’s leg!

What “Aha Moment “


does Goha’s wife have
in here?

She fears that Goha will see


her as greedy for eating the
first calf’s leg .So she
quickly attempts a deception
4-“What second leg?” his wife replied. “Here is the only one!”
“There were two legs!”
“There is only one!”
“There were two!”
“One!”
“Two!”
“One!”
So there they

Analyze Humor:
Which technique is used here?

- Clever and
insightful dialogue.
3-There, hanging right in front of Goha’s eyes, were two nice, meaty calf legs,
every bit as tasty-looking to him as a good leg of lamb might be. 

Analyze Humor:
Which technique is
used here?

words that create


amusing mental images.
5-On hearing this, Goha sat bolt upright. “You see?” he cried
to his wife in triumph. “There were two legs. I win our
argument!”

What does this moment help you


understand about Goha’s
personality?

This moment reinforce the idea that Goha is


obsessed with being “right” the trickster
always wins ! It also indicates that he is willing
to humiliate himself and his wife to do so.
6-Identify two life lessons suggested by this folk tale.
Explain which lesson is expressed more clearly and which
lesson is expressed less clearly or directly.

The clearest lesson seems to be one about the


value of truthfulness .When Goha’s wife fails
to be truthful ,the result is a bitter argument
and a trick that exposes her lie to the public.

The less clearer one is that people should


treat each with openness and respect.
Summary

The folk tale “Two Legs or one?” plays on the


characters’ perception .Goha’s wife tries to play a
trick on him , insisting he brought home one leg,
not two.Goha then plays the ultimate trick on his
wife by playing dead and convincing everyone in
their village that he is deceased .
Analyze Humor

Like many folk tales , ” Two Legs or One” features Humor. It


is what causes us to laugh or be amused . Humor may come
from plot events , character’ words ,or the language a
writer uses to tell a story.
These are some techniques writers use to tell a story.
-They include surprising characters or events.
-They use exaggeration , or extreme overstatements.
-They use irony
-They use words that create amusing mental images.
-They include clever and insightful dialogue.

You might also like