Short Info
The fairy tale is a prosa which reports on wondrous events and is fictitious.
Typical for fairy tales are the characterized (smart, stupid...) agents. The protagonists and antagonists are contrary and the good guys win always. Often the hero is a weak person who and makes it big in the end.
Typical is also that particular creatures (witches, giants etc.) and animals appear again and again.
Development
Fairy tales often are very old (origin probably in middle ages) and they could be found in all social classes. In the past they were consigned only per mouth, later they were collected (e. g. by Grimm). The authors of almost all the fairy tales are unknown.
Features
The fairy tale is a prosa which reports on wondrous events and is fictitious.
Typical for fairy tales are the characterized (smart, stupid...) agents. The protagonists and antagonists are contrary and the good guys win always. Often the hero is a weak person who and makes it big in the end.
Typical is also that particular creatures (witches, giants etc.) and animals appear again and again.
Development
Fairy tales often are very old (origin probably in middle ages) and they could be found in all social classes. In the past they were consigned only per mouth, later they were collected (e. g. by Grimm). The authors of almost all the fairy tales are unknown.
Features
- A hero who is weak and the beginning and makes it big in the end is to the fore
- Good and bad are seperated clearly
- Contrary people are the leads
- The good guy is recompensed, the bad guy punished
- Stereotyped sayings appear again and again (once upon a time... etc.)
- Particular people appear often (witches, giants etc.)
- Mostly written in simple past