1. Elements of Folk Literature
1.1. The Oral Tradition
1.1.1. Long before writing and books were invented people told stories and were passes along by word of mouth.
1.2. Theme
1.2.1. Theme is the central message or insight in a liteary work.
1.3. Universal Themes
1.3.1. They express ideas values and insights into human nature that people from diffrent cultures and eras have found inportant.
1.4. Purposes Of Folk Literatue
1.4.1. The purpose of a literay work is the reason it is created. In folk liture it can teach a lesson
2. The Oral Tradition In Print
2.1. Folk Tales
2.1.1. Folk Tales are stories that often deal with heroes, adventure, magic, or romance and were told to share ideas or entertain.
2.2. Fables
2.2.1. Fables are brief stories or poems that teach lessons or morals.
2.3. Folk Songs
2.3.1. Folk Songs present the ideas, values,feelings,beliefs.
2.4. Myths
2.4.1. Myths are fictional tales that explore the actions of gods and heroes or explain things in a other way.
2.5. Legends
2.5.1. Legends are traditional, familiar stories about the past.Legends usally have some bacis in fact.
3. Forms
4. Characteristics Of Folk Literature
4.1. Personifucation
4.1.1. Non Human
4.2. Hyperbole
4.2.1. Exaggeration
4.2.1.1. Overstatement
4.3. Irony
4.3.1. Surprises
4.4. Dialect
4.4.1. Lannguage
4.4.1.1. Region
4.4.1.1.1. Group