ABSTRACT

The very gist of every culture is the experience of human. Folk tales are one of the major means which perfectly represent these mutual and universal yet differing experiences of human situated in diverse social, cultural, political, geographical and anthropological areas and eras. So, “A Comparative Analysis of Folk Tales: A Multicultural Perspective” covers folk tales from a variety of locations around Europe to represent the cultural diversities which constitute a matchless unity.

Our project mainly focuses on creating cultural, multicultural and intercultural awareness observation and appreciation of cultural diversity in unity, re-bridging the supposedly existing gaps among cultures, overcoming the prejudices and the sense of “othering”, intolerance and the lack of communication. Thus, the project will help the individuals of all ages to appreciate the riches of their own local cultural heritages as well as leading them to perceive themselves as an innate member of a greater whole by contributing to the formation of a European citizenship identity. In order to present our focus, we intend to make use of folk tales from a variety of geographical locations by centring our studies on the similarities as well as the differences among morals, values, value judgments, traditions and images as represented in Folk Tales.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 

* To create cultural, multicultural, intercultural and cross cultural awareness by letting individuals into the gist of other cultures getting them acquainted with their cultural heritages.

* To observe and appreciate the cultural and linguistic diversity in unity exemplified with the folk tales from a variety of distant geographical locations.
 

* To offer pathways to the existing cultural bridges among the people of diverse geographical locations by promoting awareness in the conceptualization of different European cultures represented in cultural studies.
 

* To introduce comparatively unfamiliar languages and cultures of EU by bringing the sample of their folk tales together as a representation of them.
 

* To overcome the prejudices, the sense of “othering”, intolerance, lack of communication, any form of discrimination and xenophobia among people by motivating people to emphasize with one another.
 

* To improve intercultural cooperation and communication in the field of education by opening pathways –by means of education and educational materials- and by motivating teachers and learners to share their experiences and native assets.
 

* To increase the number of learners and teachers to get involved in the lifelong learning program by involving more and more learner and teacher in and raising the mobility of teachers and teacher trainers within in EU boundaries.
 

* To enhance the interpersonal and intercultural attitudes and social and civic competences of individuals on their way to European citizenship by letting them see the united diversity in EU by means of cultural studies
 

* To equip the individuals with an aptitude to tolerate and appreciate the traits of other cultures while at the same time with a proficiency to express themselves independently and in detail when their own culture is concerned.
 

* To develop related materials to be used in primary/secondary school classes both by learners and teacher proper to improve ICT based content and digital competence.
 

* To include the disadvantageous learners (audially and visually impaired students and physically handicapped teacher trainees) into the educational process by interrelating all the target groups in the preparation, application and production of the materials.