folktales and fairytales

1. Discuss the social function of the folktale and fairytale.

2. Explain the problems of scholarship in regards to the folktale.

3. Examine the ways in which the African folktales differs from the European folktales and why the tales evolved thusly?

4. How does examination with a particular critical approach change the understanding of a tale? You may choose either a psychoanalytic or a feminist critical approach.