Sitting at the feet of the past : retelling the North American folktale for children
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Sitting at the feet of the past : retelling the North American folktale for children
（Contributions to the study of world literature, no. 45）
Greenwood Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface The Native American Folktale Introduction On Beaded Dresses and the Blazing Sun by Paul Goble Trying to See Through Their Eyes by Nancy Van Laan Retelling the Told Tales of Kah-ge-gah-ge-bowh and Arthur C. Parker by Barbara Juster Esbensen California Indian Tales Retold by Jane L. Curry My Cinderella: An Autobiographical Essay by Ann M. Trousdale Refocusing the Image of the Native Canadian through Children's Books by James H. Gellert The African American Folktale Introduction That's Why I Write by Patricia C. McKissack Across Cultures: Stories That Say L'Chaim by Steve Sanfield Folktale Decisions by Priscilla Jaquith Joel Chandler Harris, and the Legitimacy of the Reteller of Folktales by Hugh T. Keenan Brer Rabbit Redux by Anthony L. Manna The Retold Western European Folktale Introduction Retelling Folk and Fairy Tales: One Author's Approach by William H. Hooks Decision-Making for Retelling Folktales by Maggie Duff The Day After It Snowed Tortillas by Joe Hayes "The Day It Snowed Tortillas" and the Hispanic Fairy Tale in New Mexico by Ruth K. MacDonald Repetitions: Oral and Written Story by Roderick McGillis The Interlinking of Text and Pictures: A Study of "The Three Pigs" by John Warren Stewig Mary Mapes Dodge and the Recasting of Saint Nicholas by Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Anne Thompson The American Tall Tale Introduction The Heritage of the American Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg Comic Tragedies/Tragic Comedies: American Tall Tales by Ariane Dewey The Western Voice of the Tall Tale by E.J. Bird Tales of Humor and Exaggeration by Bette Bosma North American Tall Tales as Children's Literature by Jan Susina Index
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