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What is Folk Tales

Chapter 19
Handbook of Research on Children's Consumption of Digital Media
A story that parents have passed on to their children through speech over many years.
Published in Chapter:
World Designs Presented to Children in Tales
Aslı Ekici (University of Selçuk, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5733-3.ch019
Abstract
Tale as a popular and narrative form differentiates according to time and space, the subject it deals with, the way it works, and the way the hero is built, and it designs different worlds for children. Various gender definitions—femininity and masculinity roles—through these designed worlds are presented to children underhandedly. This study evaluates how gender definitions—redefined with social, cultural, and economic changes in today's Turkey—are handled in recent Turkish tales by text analysis, specific to Keloğlan Tales on TRT cartoon channel.
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Chapter 9
Myths, Tales, and Symbols: Anatolian Legends and Cultural Memory in the Footsteps of the Past
It is a type of long-term expression in which real or lifelike events are told. They are stories that have traditional content, which are passed down from generation to generation. It usually deals with love and heroism.
Published in Chapter: Myths, Tales, and Symbols: Anatolian Legends and Cultural Memory in the Footsteps of the Past; From: Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence, Horror, and Power
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