A story should be told eye to eye, mind to mind, heart to

heart. Stanley Robertson

(storyteller)

Tale Time

• Introduction

• Chapter I. From the History of English Fairy Tales.

• Chapter II. Types of English Fairy Tales.

• Chapter III. Comparison of English and Russian Tales.

• Conclusion.

• Literature.

19th century – Joseph Jacobs

England

France

Germany

• Charles Perrault’s “Tales of Mother Goose” – France

• Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm’s “Nursery and Household Tales” – Germany

• Joseph Jacobs’s “English Fairy Tales” – England

• Andrew Lang’s “Fairy books” – folktales from around the world

Fairy Tales

Animal Tales Household Tales Tales of Magic

enchantmentmagicalobject

magicalperson

Supernatural Wonder

Positive Characters

Negative Characters

Household tales “The Gingerbread Man” and «Колобок»

Russian fairy tale English fairy tale

Characters Старик со старухой, колобок, заяц, волк, медведь, лиса.

A Gingerbread Man, old woman, old man, pig, cow, horse, fox.

Opposites заяц, волк, медведь, лиса - колобок

pig, cow, horse, fox – a Gingerbread Man

Problems characters solve Fight for life

Place where the story happens

Деревня, лес countryside

Beginning Жили-были … Once upon a time …

Ending … а лиса его и съела. That was the end of a Gingerbread Man.

Epithets Хитрая лиса, лиса-плутовка, прозорливый колобок.

Small fox, poor old woman.

Tales of Magic«Девушка в колодце» and “Catskin”

Russian fairy tale English fairy tale

Characters Отец, мачеха, падчерица, дочь, старик, старушечка

Princess, king, cook, hunters

Opposites Дочь – падчерица Catskin - princess

Problems characters solve Борются за счастье Fight for happines

Place where the story happens

Деревня Kingdom

Beginning Жили-были … There was once …

Ending … так и пропали от зла своего.

… lived happily ever afterwards.

Epithets Трудолюбивая падчерица, неумелая дочь, злая бабка, грубая дочь

Beautiful, hardworking girl, rich king

Animal Tales“The Three Little Pigs” – «Зимовье зверей»

Russian fairy tale English fairy tale

Characters Бык, баран, свинья, гусь, петух, лиса, медведь, волк.

Three little pigs, wolf

Opposites Бык, баран, свинья, гусь, петух – лиса, медведь, волк

Pigs – wolf

Problems characters solve Борются за жизнь Want to stay alive

Place where the story happens

лес Forest

Beginning Шел бык лесом, ему навстречу баран …

There was once …

Ending … lived happily ever afterwards.

Epithets Братцы-товарищи, хитрая лиса, трусливый волк, испуганный медведь.

Little pig, nice house, straw house, angry wolf.