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"Traditional literature reflects the long folk
memory stretching from ancient times to the
present. Over time and through many tellers,
these stories altered, drawing upon each new
generation's truth to become the stories we
are familiar with today. Rich in tradition andricher in language, traditional literature
connects the future to the past.
DEFINITION
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BOOK SELECTED FOR USE IN
MALAYSIAN PRIMARY CLASSROOM
CINDERELLA
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Characters that are illustrated in the traditional literature such
as Cinderella describe about a virtuous, hard-working
young girl who is mistreated by her cruel stepmother and
stepsisters and forced to sit among the ashes and do all the
housework. With the help of a fairy godmother, Cinderella is
able to go to the ball in style. She dances with the prince and
makes a stir, but she has to leave by midnight, when all herfinery will turn back into the rags and pumpkins and mice and
such that it was magically made from. Cinderella hears the
clock strike and runs down the steps of the palace, leaving
behind one glass slipper. The prince, smitten with Cinderella,
searches everywhere for the girl whose foot fits the slipper.After various machinations on the parts of the stepsisters, the
prince finds and marries Cinderella, and they live happily ever
after.
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Fairy tale Cinderella
This is the best known type of folktale, and one of the mostpopular. Fairy tales, sometimes called "magic stories," arefilled with dreamlike possibility. Fairy tales featuretransformations, magical interventions, enchanted forces,and, of course, magic. Fairy tales always have a "happily everafter" ending, where good is rewarded and evil is punished.
Characteristics:
Tale of some length, with a succession of episodes and motifs
Setting does not have a definite location or time
Includes magic and/or magical characters and marvelousadventures
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Elements in Traditional literature
Theme
A. Often universal in
quality (That means all people
are capable of relating to it, such
as unfair treatment by a sibling.)B. Generally obvious and
straightforward
C. Usually deals with
conflict or contrast, for example
good vs. evil
rich vs. pooryoung vs. old
beauty vs. ugliness
weak vs. strong
innocence vs. wise.
II. Plot (the storyline or events)
A. Quick, concise
introductionB. Logical, fast-paced
development of events
C. Logical, abrupt ending
after the climax or resolution of
the problem
D. Satisfying, definiteconclusion (universal happy
ending)
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Elements in Traditional literature
III. Characters
A. Stereotyped, one-
dimensional
B. Can be animals or
humans
C. Represent types; they are
not developed as flesh-and-blood
people.
IV. Setting: "anytime, anyplace"stories
V. Style (word usage and structure
of story)
A. Limited description and
detail
B. Frequent use of rhyme and
repetition
C. Events occur in patterns of
3, 7, 12, and 40 (This pattern also
appears in Biblical stories and in
Shakespeare.). The number 4
occurs in Asian Literature.
D. Reflects culture in which the
story is found.
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Elements in Fairy Tales
Setting:Time is vague
and in the past.
Example: Once
upon a time;
Long ago
Place is very
general and
vague.Example: a
forest; a castle, a
hut
Character:Characters are simple. They
have one really strong trait.
Example: Sweet princess,
loyal servant, brave prince,
There usually are opposing
characters.
Example: Evil queen vs.
brave knight; wicked step
mother vs. virtuous child
There are often magicalcreatures such as witches,
fairies, fairy godmothers, etc.
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Elements in Fairy Tales
Plot:Fairy tales feature
transformations, magical
interventions, enchantedforces, and, of course,
magic.
Stories can be rather
lengthy and usually have
several episodes.
The story always ends
happily. Good is
rewarded and evil is
punished
Style:Rich language is used, which
sometimes sounds like the
language spoken where the story
came from.
There is a lot of talking betweenthe characters.
Stories usually have common
motifs such as a long journey, a
palace ball, a magic slipper, a rose,
a wicked step mother, a dark forest,
a death-like sleep, a transformingkiss.
There is a lot of imagery in the
story, but not long and detailed
descriptions.
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Reason for using Traditional Literature foruse in Malaysian Primary Classroom
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Reasons for using traditionalliterature:
1) Provide a knowledge on diverse
cultures
Children will learn different
lifestyles (attire, race, custom) in
our country and other countries
through reading short stories like
Cinderella, Puteri Santubong,etc.
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2) Provides moral models for children
as the struggle between good and evil isapplied to incidents in their own lives.
Children can relate the moral values
that contain in the stories into their dailylife such as be patience, polite and
hardworking.
eg: Snow white, Bawang Merah and
bawang Putih
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3) Provides entertainment
Most of the traditional
literature has good storyline/plot
because it has happy ending. It has lots of conflict and
suspense.
The story makes sense if
there are magic
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4) Opportunities to experience fantasy
worlds
Traditional literature can enhance
childrens imagination through fantasy
world which is not exist in the realworld.
eg: Cinderella-its pumpkin becomes
transport, Snow White-mirror can talk to
human,etc.
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5) Carries on the strong oral
tradition of storytelling
Teachers can use Big Book
approach to tell the traditional
stories to the children
It is more meaningful andattractive because children like to
see colourful illustration
Children also can actively
involve during the storytelling
session-enhance oral
development of children