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Tales for big children : Chinese and Filipino folk stories / Susie L. Tan ; with an introduction by Alejandro R. Roces and a foreword by Damiana L. Eugenio.

By: Material type: TextTextManila : De La Salle University Press, [1995];copyright 1995Description: v. 14 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9715551033
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GR 335  .T153 1995
Contents:
v.2 Fables and other folktales.
Content : v.1 Myths and legends
Summary: This edition is a collection of stories drawn from a larger one actually forms Part II of the author's masteral thesis, and the selections were culled from previously published anthologies and other authoritative sources. This edition was deliberately chosen stories from both Chinese and Filipino folklores which reveal parallel as well as unique features in their narrative types and motifs. They also reveal a lot about the differences and similarities between customs, beliefs, traditions, and even habitat of these two peoples. The author have recreated and retold these stories as the child who would like to have them told and retold, hoping that these will live or be relived in many young hearts and minds as they are kept alive.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center GR 335 .T153 1995 v.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000003910
Isagani R. Cruz Collection Isagani R. Cruz Collection Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center GR 335 .T153 1995 v.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3IRC0000003907

Includes bibliographical references.

v.2 Fables and other folktales.

Content : v.1 Myths and legends

This edition is a collection of stories drawn from a larger one actually forms Part II of the author's masteral thesis, and the selections were culled from previously published anthologies and other authoritative sources. This edition was deliberately chosen stories from both Chinese and Filipino folklores which reveal parallel as well as unique features in their narrative types and motifs. They also reveal a lot about the differences and similarities between customs, beliefs, traditions, and even habitat of these two peoples. The author have recreated and retold these stories as the child who would like to have them told and retold, hoping that these will live or be relived in many young hearts and minds as they are kept alive.

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