GER 1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jataka Tales, Wilhelm Grimm, Panchatantra
25 Oct 2017
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Lecture 4: basile: these tales are coarser, ruder, sexually explicit, and a lot more violent. These are more fairy tales and less folktales ex. Known as tales of mother goose: erased basile, fairy tale became accepted as a literary genre, germany. Jacob and wilhelm grimm: had to study and prove themselves, sent to study law like their father but during their studies they developed a love for medieval literature, became the fathers of german studies . The grimms: legacy: a lot of the tales were from charles perault, german legends, studies of german language, the study of folklore and folktales goes back to the grimms. Was written for princes on how to make their way into the world. Buddha was in animal form and the revelations he made in those forms. Jean de la fontaine made fables that talked about something he could not say out loud about the environment. Entertainment value was much higher than moral value.
