Folklore Who Am I

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FolkloreWho Am I?

• Brad Berlage
• Patsy Gutzman
• Haeeun Lee
• Felix Obialor

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American Folklore Paul Bunyan

• Masculine men
• Men hard working, outdoorsy
• Female
• Supportive
• Passive
• Cultural Bigger than life, Patriotic

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Korean Folklore - Cong-ghi and Pot-ghi

• Women
• always wait for prince
• Passive
• Should be very pretty
• Men
• Intelligent
• Powerful
• Cultural Korean Cinderella

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Nigerian Folklore The Bat and Mouse

• Women The mouse is the victim
• Men- The bat is the evil one (deceiver)
• Superiority of males over females is illustrated
• The Nigerian culture supports this view
• In Islamic culture women are to be heard, not seen

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Mexican Folklore

• Men hardworking, lower, social class
• Women higher, social class and beautiful
• Cultural family is involved, woman prohibited,
  depression leading to suicide

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American Folklore Paul Bunyan

• Literary Devices
• Old West to
• Exaggeration to entertain
• Language
• Elementary school level language simplexed
• Genre Folklore used to
• Inspire
• Entertain

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Korean Folklore - Cong-ghi and Pot-ghi

• Literary Devices
• Used simile
• Exaggeration to show
• the beauty
• Language
• Used an elementary level
• Genre
• - Children are told that God verbally shared
  story down to earth to share

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Nigerian Folklore The Bat and Mouse

• Literary Devices
• Symbolic illustration was used to entertain
• Females are seen as weak and gullible
• Males are seen as powerful and cunning
• Language
• Language was simple and understandable for
  elementary level
• Everyday household words are used
• Genre
• Typical Nigerian folklore (fiction)
• Story can relate to others such as why the dog
  chases the cat

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Mexican Folklore

• Literary Devices
• Love lost
• War
• Imagery
• Language
• Middle to upper grades
• Genre
• Drama
• Fiction

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Presented by..

• Brad Berlage

Felix Obialor
Patsy Gutzman
Haeeun Oh