TYPE AND CHARACTER IN ORAL AND WRITTEN GENRES: THE EXAMPLE OF FAIRY TALES

English (OpenAlex)

Fairy tales, which are among the cultural treasures of societies, have continued their existence from the earliest ages of mankind until today and have addressed people of all ages. Each society has maintained its own trace in the fairy tales created with the awareness of social sensitivity. It has sensed its essence by adding something from itself and passed it on to the next generations. Thus, fairy tales have taken on a social characteristic based on the universal reality of humanity. This type of oral narrative, which blends reality and imagination, has opened the doors of each society's unique common value judgements, social and cultural messages. They tried to give these messages through the types representing the good in fairy tales. Through the types representing the bad, attention has been drawn to various events and situations that should not be and cannot be accepted. In this study, the concepts of type and character in oral and written literature genres were analysed. Especially in the fairy tale genre, how the type and character are named and according to what they are characterised as type or character are discussed. Keywords: Oral genres, fairy tale, type, character, culture