Folklore

By Navtej, Enan, Swadhin

 Conventions
Conventions commonly associated with
Folklore are:
Fairytale
Dialogues
Myths and Legends
Farm/Country setting
 Short Text
Our short text is The Boy who cried Wolf
In this short story the gets taught a lesson not
to lie(tell the truth) or there are consequences
He lies once when nothing happens but when
the wolf comes no one listens.
 Convention Example 1
In the Boy who cried Wolf the story has a
forest and village like setting which is very
common in Folklore.
 Convention Example 2
In the genre Folklore, animals commonly play
the role of the antagonist-villain.
In The Boy who cried Wolf the antagonist is a
Wolf.
 Convention Example 3
Many folklore stories have a young child (boy
or girl) as the protagonist hero.
In this short text a young boy acts as the hero
but also as the problem because of his lies.