What is the central idea of this excerpt?

X A) The stories are not collected from peasants, but from literate people.

B) The Grimms collected stories about real living conditions from people they trusted.

C) The Grimms did not know the informants who gave contributors their stories.

D) The 19th century was the golden age of folk and fairy tales.

Excerpt:

All of the tales in the first edition bear the marks of their diverse storytellers who believed in the magic, superstitions, and miraculous transformations of the tales. It may be difficult for us to understand why this is the case, but for the storytellers and writers of these tales, the stories contained truths about the living conditions of their times. The tales in the first edition were collected not from peasants, as is commonly believed, but mainly from literate people whom the Grimms came to know quite well. Evidence shows that these people often obtained their tales from illiter

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Gwendolyn Schaefer

22 July, 05:47

What is the central idea of this excerpt?

X A) The stories are not collected from peasants, but from literate people.

B) The Grimms collected stories about real living conditions from people they trusted.

C) The Grimms did not know the informants who gave contributors their stories.

D) The 19th century was the golden age of folk and fairy tales.

Excerpt:

All of the tales in the first edition bear the marks of their diverse storytellers who believed in the magic, superstitions, and miraculous transformations of the tales. It may be difficult for us to understand why this is the case, but for the storytellers and writers of these tales, the stories contained truths about the living conditions of their times. The tales in the first edition were collected not from peasants, as is commonly believed, but mainly from literate people whom the Grimms came to know quite well. Evidence shows that these people often obtained their tales from illiter

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Sloan · Answer 1

The correct answer is:

B) The Grimms collected stories about real living conditions from people they trusted.

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German academics who gathered and published folklore tales during the 19th century, popularizing traditional oral tale types such as Cinderella, The Frog Prince, and Rapunzel. The Brothers Grimm set a methodology for gathering and documenting folk stories that became the foundation for folklore studies.

Rowland · Answer 2

The first-edition tales influenced folklorists to trust one another to gather authentic tales of living conditions.

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