Childrens Lit Unit Review

Older (and even modern) children's literature often features _____________ - a married mother and father raising several obedient children

the same family structure

Parents were ________ married

ALWAYS

___ who were widowed were _________ /from taking a new wife

Men, discouraged

_______ were encouraged (and even expected) to remarry to gain their social status

Women

In order to create a social norm against divorce, many stories included an evil stepmother who __________ to her husband and her stepchildren

was often abusive

As Western culture became further dominated by ________. stepmothers were often linked to ________

Christianity, witchcraft

To normalize children to love and marriage at an early age - ________

NOT dating

To encourage ________ relationships and family-focused dynamics

monogamous

Marriage is often portrayed as the only ____ form of a relationship and occurs almost immediately after the two meet

"valid"

Focus more on the ________ - not the family unit

individual

Stories are more _____ and not always in line with older gender/social norms

diverse

_______ - stories can occur over multiple entries in a series (such as TV shows, books, or multiple movies)

Long-form stories

Urban legends are a ________ concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or supernatural event that many people believe to be true but largely are not

genre of folklore

________ are where modern storytelling techniques and classic folk tale traditions overlap! D

Urban legends

Relatively "new" genre - the idea of "childhood" was not invented in the Western World until the last 300 - 400 years during the ____________

ENLIGHTENMENT

Stories meant for children were simply ___________ and were told in community, NOT directly to children

ORAL TRADITION

Other cultures and nations began adopting the element's of European children's literature ——————-, ___________ and ___ made other countries nave contact win europe

as colonization, the spread of Christianity, war

Extremely important places where Children’s Literature evolved: ______, ______, and ______

Brazil, Russia, China