Stages Of Origin Of The Fairy Tale In The Spanish Culture

Abstract

The Spanish national fairy tale is the special type of oral folklore creativity which reflects centuries-old experience of the Spanish people, its cultural values and tenor of life. The Folklore of Spain has undergone serious influence of the Persian, Indian and Arab culture, having left the mark in folk art of the country where interest in national fairy tales has arisen late enough. In the Middle Ages had circulations of the manuscript with cautionary stories from where people derived plots for national legends. During this period the term cuento in value of the act of telling something was widely adopted in informal conversation. Several centuries later collections of fairy tales, parables and jokes began to appear. The word cuento was used already with 'short story' value. During era of the Golden Age and romanticism works of storytellers were handed down. Cuento even more often applied to various genres of a small form. In the 19-20th centuries the Spanish researchers have begun to allocate various genres in the term, using it with the corresponding adjective which indicated a concrete type of the fairy tale. At the moment there is a set of collections of national fairy tales, and each region of Spain has own folklore works.