Children’s literature

Fairy Tale Quiz The citation refers to pages in Hintz and Tribunella.

1. Define the term “fairy tale” and describe its history and origins (127).
2. What is the difference between the oral folk tale tradition and the literary fairy tales authored by such writers
   as Charles Perrault, the Grimm brothers, and Hans Christian Anderson (127)?
3. A fairy-tale revision is also called a fractured fairy tale. Explain what this fairy tale form is (128).
4. Describe the Italian and French origins of the written literary fairy tale (130-131). Were these early tales
   aimed for children? Explain the relevance of each item listed below in this history.
   -Giovanni Francesco Straparola
   -Giambattista Basile
   -Countess D’Aulnoy
   -“L’îsle de la félicité” (The Island of Happiness”)
   -French literary salons
   -the place of French women writers in producing fairy tales
   -1697 Charles Perrault’s Histoire ou contes du temps passé (Tales of My Mother Goose)
5. In the nineteenth century, who were the three major figures who collected and wrote fairy tales? Mention
   titles or tales associated with each author and what impact he had on the propagation of the literary fairy tale
   (132-133).
6. Summarize Jack Zipes’s sociohistorical reading of “Hansel and Gretel” (141).
   Bonus question: Is there a connection between Perrault’s Mother Goose who recounts fairy tales and the
   Mother Goose of nursery rhymes? What was the cultural association with the image of “Mother Goose” (131-
   132)?

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