TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

oldest type of literature our youth will encounter

originated as part of an oral tradition

Provides moral models for children as struggle applied to good and evil

ORIGINCame from any country; any culture

From generation to generation

Similarities can be found in tales from one country to another

THEMESGood vs. Evil

Weak vs. Strong

Ugly vs. Beautiful

Rich vs. Poo

TYPES OF TRADITIONAL LITERATUREFolktalesLegendMythsEpicFables

FOLKTALES A story told by mouth

to teach lesson Pass by generation to

generation Common people and

place events Represents human

frailty Characters represents

human qualities

FOLKTALES Plot

-Short, simple, Fastmoving, Characters

-Completely bad or good Themes

-Values of culture express

EXAMPLES: The man and the coconuts The boy who became a stone the tale of rabbit and coyote How the first head was taken Dogedog

LEGEND Based on real people and eventsThe stories are exaggerated to depict

heroism,

MYTHS Deals with human relationships to the

God Contain action,suspense and conflict Tend to explain the beginning of the

world and origin of civilization

EXAMPLES

EPIC Along narrative clustering a one hero Gives understanding about culture

FABLESstories are typically short in length and

heavily allegorical or symbolicMostly animals talks like humansCharacters are unnamed, impersonalRepresent human nature

EXAMPLES

CHILDREN’S POETRY It is a poem for Childrens From birth through age 18?  include folk poetry

WHAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULT POETRYSimpler expression of ideas.Simple vocabularyAttention spanStories are told more directly with

r/ship among characters shown clearly.

WHAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN CHILDREN AND ADULT POETRYChildren more open to experimenting

with more forms of Poetry than adults.

Children find spontaneous pleasure in rhymes & jokes, cartoons, comics, etc.

Adults tend to stick to one type of literature.

NOTABLE POEMS "Baa, baa, black sheep...“ Little Jack Horner Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Little Boo- Peep Yankie Doodle Jack And Jill

NOTABLE POEMS Mary had a Little Lamb The Calming Rhyme Two Little Bluebirds Here is a Bunny I’m a Little Tea Pot

HEY DIDDLE DIDDLEHey, diddle, diddle,The cat and the fiddle,The cow jumped over

the moon;The little dog laughedTo see such sport,And the dish ran away

with the spoon.

 TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR

Twinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highLike a diamond in the skyTwinkle, twinkle little starHow I wonder what you are

When the blazing sun is goneWhen he nothing shines uponThen you show your little lightTwinkle, twinkle, all the nightTwinkle, twinkle, little starHow I wonder what you are

ADVANTAGE OF POETRY

increase reading fluency enhances readers’ emotional

livesPoetry increases readers’

empathypoetry increases verbal

intelligence