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The document provides an overview of folklore traditions in Ireland and Russia. It discusses the history of the Celts and Slavs, and how folktales were preserved in Ireland and Russia. The document then analyzes and compares versions of the Cinderella folk tale from Ireland and Russia, compiled by Joseph Jacobs and Alexander Afanasyev respectively. While the plots and characters are similar, reflecting shared structures in European folktales, the versions also contain differences reflective of their distinct cultural origins.

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Alumna: Kati Lunina Escola Municipal del Treball (EMT) Tutora del treball: Elisabet Rib坦 L坦pez A Comparative Approach to a tale compiled by Alexander Afanasyev and Joseph Jacobs. Irish and Russian Folk Tales
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
FOLKLORE We can define folklore as a set of... -legends -myths -jokes -oral history -fairy tales -folk tales -proverbs -customs -stories -popular beliefs -music .. of one culture's traditions. Folklore covers many aspects of culture, traditions and beliefs of a particular society and it has often been conflated with mythology.
EUROPEAN FOLKLORE
EUROPEAN FOLKLORISTS 18th - 19th centuries people in Europe interested in the study of their countries' folklore. Johann Gottfried Herder Grimm Brothers Hans Christian Andersen Charles Perrault ... among many others
THE CELTS (Ireland) - History The Celtic expansion. From the British Isles to what is now Turkey. Fierce and courageous warriors. Ireland and Scotland managed to pass on the Celtic traditions because they remained unconquered. Celts group of people who began to spread throughout Europe in the 1000 BC.
THE SLAVS (Russia) - History The Slavic expansion. Central-Eastern Europe. Farmers and shepherds who lived in marshes and forests. Slavs diverse group of tribal societies from the 5th to the 10th centuries.
THE FOLKTALE
FOLKLORISTS
STRUCTURALISM
MORPHOLOGY OF THE FOLKTALE
VERSIONS OF CINDERELLA Walt Disney's Cinderella (1950) based on Charles Perrault's Cendrillon (1697). Grimm brothers' Aschenputtel (1812). Ancient Egypt's Rhodopis (1st century BC). Russian Alexander Afanasyev's The Golden Slipper. Irish Joseph Jacob's Fair, Brown and Trembling.
ANALYSIS
COMPARISON
CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMPARISON Similar plot. The same type of characters. Share mainly the same functions = have the same structure. Differences that make them characteristic from the country they come from.
CONCLUSIONS In the 19th century many European scholars worked on folklore = Nationalism. Similar folk tales can be found in countries as far apart as Russia and Ireland. European folk tales have similar traits no matter how far apart they may come from.
THE END

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Russian and Irish folk tales

  • 1. Alumna: Kati Lunina Escola Municipal del Treball (EMT) Tutora del treball: Elisabet Rib坦 L坦pez A Comparative Approach to a tale compiled by Alexander Afanasyev and Joseph Jacobs. Irish and Russian Folk Tales
  • 4. FOLKLORE We can define folklore as a set of... -legends -myths -jokes -oral history -fairy tales -folk tales -proverbs -customs -stories -popular beliefs -music .. of one culture's traditions. Folklore covers many aspects of culture, traditions and beliefs of a particular society and it has often been conflated with mythology.
  • 6. EUROPEAN FOLKLORISTS 18th - 19th centuries people in Europe interested in the study of their countries' folklore. Johann Gottfried Herder Grimm Brothers Hans Christian Andersen Charles Perrault ... among many others
  • 7. THE CELTS (Ireland) - History The Celtic expansion. From the British Isles to what is now Turkey. Fierce and courageous warriors. Ireland and Scotland managed to pass on the Celtic traditions because they remained unconquered. Celts group of people who began to spread throughout Europe in the 1000 BC.
  • 8. THE SLAVS (Russia) - History The Slavic expansion. Central-Eastern Europe. Farmers and shepherds who lived in marshes and forests. Slavs diverse group of tribal societies from the 5th to the 10th centuries.
  • 12. MORPHOLOGY OF THE FOLKTALE
  • 13. VERSIONS OF CINDERELLA Walt Disney's Cinderella (1950) based on Charles Perrault's Cendrillon (1697). Grimm brothers' Aschenputtel (1812). Ancient Egypt's Rhodopis (1st century BC). Russian Alexander Afanasyev's The Golden Slipper. Irish Joseph Jacob's Fair, Brown and Trembling.
  • 16. CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMPARISON Similar plot. The same type of characters. Share mainly the same functions = have the same structure. Differences that make them characteristic from the country they come from.
  • 17. CONCLUSIONS In the 19th century many European scholars worked on folklore = Nationalism. Similar folk tales can be found in countries as far apart as Russia and Ireland. European folk tales have similar traits no matter how far apart they may come from.