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Fairy Tales short stories found in oral and print form that typically feature fantastical creatures (e.g., fairies, goblins, mermaids, etc) and magic and/or enchantments though the term “fairy tale” was coined in the late 1600s, fairy tales have existed for thousands of years

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Fairy Tales

• short stories found in oral and print form that typically feature fantastical creatures (e.g., fairies, goblins, mermaids, etc) and magic and/or enchantments

• though the term “fairy tale” was coined in the late 1600s, fairy tales have existed for thousands of years

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Key Characteristics

• “timeless”: often begin with “Once upon a time” and feature a happy ending

• have instructional/cautionary elements (e.g., Little Red Riding Hood)

• supernatural creatures/objects/occurrences• conflict and resolution of conflict• may include objects, people, or events in 3s• theme of good vs. evil is prominent• beautiful people• females are often in distress• women are beautiful or evil (not average)• repetition• they evolve over time (multiple versions!)

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Often contain elements found in the Heroic Quest Pattern

• protagonist encounters villain/mysterious individual or creature

• tests/tasks/battle• villain is

punished/vanquished• success of

protagonist leads to:– marriage– acquisition of money– survival and wisdom

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Other Common Motifs• Talking animals / objects• Cleverness / trickster / word games• Traveler’s tales• Origins ~ where do we come from?• Triumph of the poor• Human weakness explored (i.e., curiosity, gluttony, pride, laziness, etc.)• Human strengths glorified (i.e., kindness, generosity, patience, etc.)• Trickster (sometimes a hero, sometimes on the side of evil but humans benefit)• Tall story (slight exaggeration – hyperbole)• Magic words or phrases; repetition of phrases/words (abracadabra!)• Guardians (fairy godmothers, mentors, magical helpers, guides, etc.)• Monsters (dragons, ogres, evil creatures, etc.)• Struggle between good and evil, light and dark• Youngest vs. Oldest (sons, daughters, sibling rivalry)• Sleep (extended sleep, death-like trances)• Impossible tasks (ridiculously mind-numbing, fantastic effort needed to complete, etc.)• Quests• Gluttony / Starvation (there’s a fine line between eating for survival and succumbing to

temptation)• Keys, passes (opening new doors)• Donors, Benefactors, Helpers

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Narrative Midpoint Feedback

• Feedback from Ms. Ingram:

– I have circled (not corrected) areas in which you are:• missing punctuation• using punctuation incorrectly• spelling/grammatical issues

– underlining/writing in the margins (me making note of descriptive details, devices, striking passages)

– marked up rubric: “AOI” means Area/s of Improvement”

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Fractured Fairy Tales

• fractured fairy tale: text that alters the classic elements of a fairy tale

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(Some) strategies to “fragment” a fairy tale:

- CHANGE

• main character/s• setting/time

(e.g., set in modern place/time)• key items• key conflict• characterization • ending

- INTRODUCE/ EXPERIMENT WITH:

• characters/plot lines from other stories

• plot twists• humour• elements of other

genres• different P.O.V (e.g., tell

from perspective of villain)

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