- Pourquoi story
A pourquoi story, also known as an origin story is a
fiction alnarrative that explains why something is the way it is, for example why a snake has no legs, or why a tiger has stripes. Manylegends andfolk tales are pourquoi stories.Examples
Pourquoi stories include:
* The
Just So Stories byRudyard Kipling , many of which give explanations for the origin of animals and their characteristics.
*Australian Aboriginal dreamtime stories, such as theRainbow Serpent .
* Origin stories, explaining how acomic book hero or heroine came to have their special characteristics.Etymology
"Pourquoi" means "why" in French. "Parce que" means "because" in French.
References
* [http://tlc.epsb.ca/aauthor/buchholz/pourquoi.htm Pourquoi? How and Why Stories]
ee also
*
Just-so story
*Just So Stories
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