Analyses of Traditional Fairy Tales - Focused on Asian, European, American, and African Fairy Tales -

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association 2004;42(5):77-91.

세계 전래동화의 구조 및 내용 특성 비교 -아시아, 유럽, 미주, 아프리카 지역 전래동화를 중심으로-

유안진, 서주현, 성미영

서울대학교 아동가족학과,서울대학교 아동가족학과,서경대학교 아동학과

ABSTRACT

Characteristics of 154 traditional fairy tales (62 Asian, 34 European, 40 American, and 18 African fairy tales) were investigated according to their corresponding cultural areas. The results showed that male adults appeared more frequently in the traditional fairy tales than other characters. The expression of time, such as 'long ago','once upon a time', and 'one day' was provided, and there was an extreme contrast, fixation, and reiteration of literary styles in the traditional fairy tales, regardless of the cultural areas. Also, the characteristics of time and space that appeared in African fairy tales had a significant difference from other cultures. Also in accordance to the cultural areas, these fairy tales illustrated a significant difference in the pattern of problem solving.

Keywords: 전래동화, traditional fairy tales, 구조 특성, characteristics of structures, 내용 특성, characteristics of contents