Anaylzing literature 2003

A PRISM for viewing literary bears ELE 616 Readings and Research in Children’s Literature Spring 2011

Why analyze literature? ,[object Object]

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A prism to view the full spectrum of literature ,[object Object],R eal I nvented SM iley face

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Application to Literature??? . . . and bears????

Top Left Sector of Matrix ,[object Object],Real Personal Folklore consists of legends, music , oral history , proverbs , jokes , popular beliefs , fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of that culture, subculture , or group . It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. ( Wikipedia ) Invented

A Norwegian ursine folktale ,[object Object],[object Object],Folk costumes from Setesdal—every region of Norway has its own distinctive style!

The tale of the white bear Read the rest of the story here ! White-Bear King Valemon by Theodor Kittelsen .

Bottom Left Sector of Matrix ,[object Object],Real Personal Invented Quality literature, sometimes adaptations, or else original writing, with universal appeal and meaning for everyman and everywoman

Quality literature about bears ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A personal race of bears from another world ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],Top Right of the Matrix Real Recognizable stories, but unoriginal and shallow

[object Object],Bottom Right of the Matrix Invented Generic, unoriginal, impersonal, shallow

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