ENG 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sam The Sham, Roald Dahl, Brothers Grimm
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Plot - the events of the story in the order we encounter them in. Constituent events - these events that are essential to moving the narrative forward. Supplementary events- important but not necessary to advance the narrative. The origins can be traced to the 10th century and as far (geographically) to asia. Wasn"t always a wolf; in some versions it was a werewolf or a ogre. In some versions, the wolf tricked lrrh ino eating parts of her grandmother. In some versions, lrrh burns off the wolf"s tongue when he tries to eat her. When it comes to folktale, there is no authoritative, original version. Multiple , and untrue , each unfaithful to the previous telling and inflecting the plot in a slightly different way. Secrets behind the door: the story of bluebeard and his wives. Inflecting - from latin meaning to bend ; reshapes. Wrote his stories by gathering different stories together.
