fairytale writing

Year 6th

Writing a fairytale

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WHAT IS A FAIRYTALE?

A fairy tale is a short story set in a typically magical place, with human characters as well as other beings, like animals, witches or wizards. The heroes of these stories often face improbable scenarios against evil villains. While most fairy tales are written stories, some have been passed down verbally from generation to generation..

WHICH ELEMENTS FAIRYTALES HAVE?

Most important Vladimir Propp functions:

1. Initial situation of deficiency or initial problem
2. Announcement: the hero is asked to do a certain thing
3. The hero begins the journey
4. Sample of generosity: the hero helps somebody
5. The hero gets a magic item, as a reward of the sample of generosity
6. Fight between hero and the antagonist
7. The hero returns home
8. End