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What is Tale

Chapter 19
Handbook of Research on Children's Consumption of Digital Media
A story, especially one that might be invented or difficult to believe.
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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 15
Tracking Daniel's Steps: The First Pieces of Ratiocination
Synonym of “story” in this article; this is, a literary text created using the imagination.
Published in Chapter: Tracking Daniel's Steps: The First Pieces of Ratiocination; From: Teaching Language and Literature On and Off-Canon
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