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From: Del Negro, Janice <jdelnegro_at_dom.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:29:29 -0500
Betsy Hearne wrote an article for Horn Book some time ago and one of the things she said (according to my admittedly faulty memory) is that folk and fairy tales have long been a powerful influence on children's literature in general.
Best,
Janice M. Del Negro
GSLIS/Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois
"Vocation is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." ~Frederick Buechner
From: Nancy Tolson
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:54 AM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re:
Folktales
It seems like folktales are not as important but if you read between the lines of most modern fantasy novels you discover how there is somehow a reference to a lore, a prophesy, an old wise tale or in that fantastic world the folktale becomes a factual moment; almost like history. I believe folktales are the foundation from which modern fantasy stands. There are too many books in existence today that could not be without the beautiful shade of folktales to color it.
Nancy D. Tolson Associate Professor Early Childhood Education Department / Humanities Department Mitchell College 437 Pequot New London, CT 06320-4498 860.701.5777
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:29:29 -0500
Betsy Hearne wrote an article for Horn Book some time ago and one of the things she said (according to my admittedly faulty memory) is that folk and fairy tales have long been a powerful influence on children's literature in general.
Best,
Janice M. Del Negro
GSLIS/Dominican University
River Forest, Illinois
"Vocation is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet." ~Frederick Buechner
From: Nancy Tolson
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:54 AM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re:
Folktales
It seems like folktales are not as important but if you read between the lines of most modern fantasy novels you discover how there is somehow a reference to a lore, a prophesy, an old wise tale or in that fantastic world the folktale becomes a factual moment; almost like history. I believe folktales are the foundation from which modern fantasy stands. There are too many books in existence today that could not be without the beautiful shade of folktales to color it.
Nancy D. Tolson Associate Professor Early Childhood Education Department / Humanities Department Mitchell College 437 Pequot New London, CT 06320-4498 860.701.5777
---Received on Mon 29 Mar 2010 12:29:29 PM CDT
