EN201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Alan Dundes, Didacticism, List Of The Jungle Book Characters
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Believe it or not childhood is a modern idea. Looked as small adults until the mid- 18th c. Not a tremendous amount if investment in their entertainment or development- often seen as a necessary part of a labour force within an agricultural household. Death rate is extremely high less emotional investment. Mortality was very high before the industrial revolution. Tradition of oral tales part of fold arts (dundes argument) Often but not always passed on by mothers to children (luthi) Often but not always didactic in nature. Didactic: used in order to learn something. Some scholars trace this form back to classical era or before. The stories a culture tells itself to make meaning. Ex: hansel and gretel: parents gave up kids because they. No cinderella tale, which means there are many versions of. The structure remains the same the story based on the audiences they were meant for didn"t have the money to support them.
