The Impact of Storytelling on Shaping the Young Generation’s Concepts

Abstract

This thesis discusses the influence of the Sudanese folktales on rearing the children and fixing their identity. The study is limited to ten Sudanese folktales. It is intended to form a link with the oral narrating tradition and identity. The study followed the descriptive and analytic method. It hypothesizes that Folktales inculcate the good values in children. The study aims to find out the influence of the Sudanese folktales on audience (children) identity. At the end of the study the thesis reached the following result: folktales inculcate the traits of the ancestors in the next generations. The absence of folktales made paradigm shift in the Sudanese personality. Folktales with marvelous narration help the children to interpret literature simply in the future. It is noticeable that the grandmothers put their breath in folktales. Folktales' characters message leaves great impact on children’s, and inculcates the ancestors' attitudes, values, and images in their minds.