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The Educational Role of Fairy Tales in Preschool (6-7 Year Olds)
This article examines the educational role of fairy tales in preschool age, specifically for children aged 6-7 years. Fairy tales are extremely important to children's development as they offer them a wealth of opportunities for learning and growth ...
Monika Simeonova-Ingilizova
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The Fairy-Tale Collections of Andrew Lang and Joseph Jacobs: Identity, Nation, Empire [PDF]
An examination of Joseph Jacobs' collections English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales and Andrew Lang's Coloured Fairy Books that explores the significance of these collections in the context of late nineteenth century ideas about empire and ...
Teverson, Andrew
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TELLING FAIRY TALES TODAY IN SLOVENIA
In Slovenia people encounter fairy tales primarily in books, during art performances, when they are recounted at folklore events, Assumption celebrations, etc.
Monika Kropej
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Nogai fairy tale epic: genesis and evolution of genres
The article summarizes some observations made by the author on the texts of authentic materials and gives conclusions related to the genesis, history of evolution, characteristics and distinction criteria of Nogai fairy tale epic genres: fantasy fairy ...
Nasipkhan Kh. Suyunova
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Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Sub-Genre Peculiarities of the Karachay-Balkar Household Fairy Tale
The article studies Karachay-Balkar fairy tales that constitute a considerable part of the national oral tradition. When defining the term “a household fairy tale”, the author reconsiders the accepted folkloristic views on the term “a novel fairy tale ...
H. H. Malkonduev
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Introduction. The effectiveness of the research of folklore for the cognition of the cosmo-psycho-logos of the ethnos determines the relevance of this work.
Anastasia A. Osmushina
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The damsel in distress: not as sweet as she is painted? [PDF]
Once upon a time (the 1960’s), in a land far, far away (Yorkshire), a little girl with measles missed two weeks of school. When she returned, all the children were changed; they had been introduced to fairy stories.
Gavin, Helen
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Positive heroes of Russian and Chinese fairy tales (contrastive aspect) [PDF]
The article deals with the concept of “The Good Hero of Fairy Tales” in the Russian and Chinese language pictures of the world; identifies the distinctive features (what?) of the universal cultural concept.
I. Odintsova, Zhou Yujie
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The Invention of Fairy Tales [PDF]
Ruth B. Bottigheimer has contended that a specific literary man invented the fairy-tale genre less than five centuries ago. This article is a critical examination of her claim. It interrogates the axioms underlying Bottigheimer’s proposition, probes the logical consistency of her account, and surveys Bottigheimer’s use of empirical evidence.
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