In J.L.
Fischer essay “The Sociopsychological Analysis of Folktales" he talks
about the social and psychological factor of folktales. The major analysis in
the article deals with the introduction, situations of innovation in folktale,
symbolism, and the structure of the tale. In certain society some people
consider folktales as an important myth while others listen to it as
entertainment. Folktales are considered as a major division of “expressive
culture". Folktales include drama, rituals, music, graphic and plastic
art, and dance. But when folktales are considered as a major division of
"political culture" it includes technology, economy, politics, and
social structure. It is really interesting how stories are only told according
to the social situation. For a folktale to be categorize as a folktale "a
narrative must be dramatic in the sense that it states some sort of conflicts
which is eventually solved"(pg.237) which is true because in every
folktale there is a problem that will be solved. Folktales teaches a lesson and
also gives advice on how handle problems. Symbolism is also shown is folktales.
''Symbolism in folktales concerns the symbolism of the scenes or image presented"(pg.243).
Any folktales are symbolic “as an instance of languages.” The idea of symbolism
in folktales are arrogantly protected and also violently attacked. Folktales
were part of an oral tradition that kids heard while growing up.
''For most human history,'literature,'both fiction and poetry, has been narrate, not written- heard,not read. So fairy tales, folktales, stories from the oral tradition, are all of them the most vital connection we have with the imaginations of the ordinary men and women whose labor created our world." This quote related to the article because it is true that most literature or book has been first narrated than written, just like folktales. Folktales were narrated by the situation around them but it was also narrated by an imagination in how we see the world.
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