Research Assignments Set One: Folklore (Coursework Sample)

Research Assignments Set One: Folklore
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One: What are the names of the Grimm Brothers? Where are they from? What are their dates of birth and dates of death?
Grimm Brothers names are Wilhelm Carl Grim and Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm. They were from Germany. Wilhelm Grim was born February 24th the year 1786 and died on December 16th the year 1859 while Jacob Grimm was born on January 4th the year 1785 and died on September 20th the year 1863 (Art Branch Inc, n.d). Where did they get their stories?
The Grimm brothers travelled across Germany gathering all the fairy tales that they heard and wrote them down in a book so that they would not be forgotten. They had been gathering fairy tales from the Hesse people since the beginning of the 1800s. What was their first collection called and when was it published?Their first collection entitled “Children’s and Household Tales” was published in the year 1812. How and where did you find these answers?Using Google search with the search words “Where are the Grimm Brothers from” and “What were the names of the Brothers Grimm” provided the answers to the questions.Two: Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment?Bruno BettelheinWhat do you think the central idea of the book is?The central idea of the book is that fairy tales, above all the other literary forms are suited ideally to help children deal with growing up issues. The author presents the features that fairy tales have in common like the triumph of the young and formerly devalued individual over powerful enemies and severe hardships. Who wrote a musical based on the ideas in The Uses of Enchantment, and what is it called?The musical based on the ideas of The Uses of Enchantment was written by Stephen Sondheim and the musical is referred to as “Into the Woods.”How and where did you find these answers?The answers were arrived at using Google search and the questions as the search words. Bob Etier (2010) writing on the BC Blogs critics and The New York Times magazine formed the places that provided the answers (Brantley, 2012).
Three: Who wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces?Joseph Campbell What do you think the central idea of the book is?The book is a comparative study of the various myths and religions of the world with the central idea of the book being that all their stories essentially are the same. The stories follow particular archetypical paths that are dissimilar in certain circumstances, but overall, follow a similar general arch.Name one movie series that is very influenced by The Hero with a Thousand Faces and other ideas by its author.
Star Wars by George LucasHow and where did you find these answers?Using Google search and the questions as the search words and the answers found in Myeboga website (2011).
Four:What is the Aarne-Thompson classification system?It is a system for folktales classification designed by Antti Aarne and printed in the year 1910. As a morphology treatment, the system uses motifs and not actions to classify the folktales. Under this system, all the tales are classified or grouped by Fairy Tales, Animal Tales, Realistic Tales, Religious Tales, and Formula Tales. The groups are subdivided further by motifs up to the individual type (Obtuse Observer, 2011).What is classified as number 333 in the Aarne-Thompson classification system?Little Red Riding HoodWhat central book about folk takes was written by Vladimir Propp?The Morphology of the Folktale
How many broad character types did Propp identify?Eight broad character types, which include the dispatcher, the villain, The (magical) helper, Her father, The princess or prize, the hero, the donor, and the False hero.What did Propp criticize about the Aarne-Thompson classification system?Propp criticized the tale index type for ignoring the motifs functions by which the tales are classified. He further argued that the use of a macro-level analysis implied that the stories sharing motifs would not be grouped together wherea...