Reading Notes: Czech Folktales Part B

I loved the Czech readings that I did so much yesterday that I decided to continue reading part B for this second reading assignment! 

The biggest difference I noticed in these stories is that there seems to be some on the side notes left by the author to further help the reader understand the story. For example, the first story read "so our Francis — that was his name, though really it doesn't matter very much what his name was — took everything he wanted and started off on his travels". I forgot the literary term for what this is called, but I really like the way it is used and will probably do something similar in my semester project. I feel like it adds a little character and makes the author involved in the story. 

Anyways, again these stories have quite a bit of dialogue. It also has lots of adjectives which seem to bring the story to life (which I love). I've come to realize that I do not like stories that begin with "once upon a time". I think it is so basic and could be fashioned so much better. Although it does set the story up so that the readers know it is folktales which does have some benefits. 

I have also decided that I do not want to do multiple small stories. I think I want to stick to bigger ones. I have thoroughly enjoyed these small, choppy stories, but I get so invested that I want to have more about these characters and this plot. For example, Nine At a Blow left me wanting more, and I was very unhappy when I did not get anything else. 

I was very pleased reading the Czech Folktales again, and I got some really great ideas for my semester story and how I want to format it! 

Bibliography:

Author - Josef Baudis (1922)
Title - Stories from The Key of Gold

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