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Sitting at the Feet of the Past - Retelling the North American Folktale for Children (Hardcover, New)
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Sitting at the Feet of the Past - Retelling the North American Folktale for Children (Hardcover, New)
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Must a folktale be connected to its culture? Can a tale with
universal applications be transmitted from one culture to another
without loss? Does a teller from one culture have the ability--or
even the right--to relate a tale from another culture? What happens
to a tale when it leaves the oral and adult arenas and appears in
print for children? Is it legitimate for a reteller to create
variants to suit a child audience? Children's literature is today
the major conduit for folklore, and professionals in the field must
consider these questions. Editors Gary Schmidt and Donald Hettinga
have brought together twenty-three writers of children's
literature, illustrators, storytellers, and literary critics, who
explore the issues and offer their experiences and views. The scope
of the volume is the North American folktale, a rich amalgam of
four major distinct traditions: the Native American folktale, the
African American folktale, the retold Western European folktale,
and the American tall tale. Each tradition is separately presented
with an introductory survey and a selection of essays by the
writers and critics. This focused collection will be valuable to
scholars and professions in folklore, anthropology, American
literature, and children's literature and useful also as a text in
courses on children's literature and folklore.
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