Abstract
The aim of the present research was to identify to what extent fairy tales incorporate the desired behaviors which are crucial for children’s development in various fields. For this purpose, 11 fairy tale books, written by Yücel Feyzioğlu, were examined, namely Dimitraş ile Pıtıraş, Aldar Köse, Alp ile Asamat Köprüsü, Yartı Kulak, Keloğlan ile Kahkaha Hanım, Cırttan ile Çilbik, Murkumama ile Çomotay, Pürüş Batur ile Aksıla, Er Tapıldı, Serçe Koyun Avlarkene, and İristu ile Akkağan. Since present study addresses the importance of fairy tales in children’s education of values, the population of the study is fairy tales books, and the research method employed is content analysis. The ethical, psychological, sociological, economy-related and other messages in the fairy tales in terms of desired behaviors were analysed. The findings revealed that the fairy tales penned by Yücel Feyzioğlu were of appropriate educational value, particularly with respect to psychological and ethical massages.
Highlights
Sekülerizm A fairy tale is called “masal” in the Turkish culture, which originated from the Arabic word “mesel”
The findings revealed that the fairy tales penned by Yücel Feyzioğlu were of appropriate educational value, with respect to psychological and ethical massages
The desired behaviors that should be incorporated into the texts of fairy tales as ethical messages, psychological messages, sociological messages, economy-related messages and other messages were analyzed in 11 fairy tale books penned by Yücel Feyzioğlu
Summary
Sekülerizm A fairy tale is called “masal” in the Turkish culture, which originated from the Arabic word “mesel”. With variations in its pronunciation, the word “mesel” evolved into its present form “masal”, which will hereafter be referred to as fairy tale, defined as a text that starts and ends with a nursery rhyme and includes extraordinary stories that are unreal in terms of the periods of time and places where events take place. Originating from the nature of the living community, they were handed over from one generation to another within a certain period of time and, at a later stage, compiled by an author into printed written texts. Handed down from one generation to another, these tales are culture-bearing stories
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