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dilemma tale

or judgment tale

Typical African form of short story. Its ending is open to conjecture or is morally ambiguous, allowing the audience to comment or speculate on the correct solution to the problem posed, whether a conflict of loyalty, the need to choose a just response to a difficult situation, or the laying of blame when several parties seem equally guilty. Dilemma tales function both as instruction and entertainment and help establish social norms.

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No references found			Neither would I limit the term classical world literature only to written literature, but I would also include oral traditions: songs, dances, folk theater, shadow plays, as well as folk tales like fables, fairy tales, dilemma tales, myths, and legends. Anansi as classical hero by van Duin, Lieke / Journal of Caribbean Literatures At its core, the dilemma tale is structured to prompt an audience to participate, express a vested interest in the outcome, engage in debate and logical reasoning, construct arguments and judgments, and in the process witness itself acting as a unified community. "1 + 1 = 3" and other dilemmas: reading vertigo in Invisible Man, My ... by Thomas, Valorie D. / African American Review The collection reflects African orature, in that each story is a dilemma tale, and Jones has left many gaps and silences for her readers to enter into - if we dare. Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature by Wilentz, Gay / African American Review			diktoma Diktonius, Elmer Rafael Dikushin, Vladimir Dikushin, Vladimir Ivanovich DIL dilactone Dilantin dilatancy dilatant dilatant fluid dilatation dilatational wave dilation Dilatometer Dilatometry dilaton dilator dilauryl ether dilauryl thiodipropionate Dilbar Abdurakhmanova Dilbar Guliamovna Abdurakhmanova Dilbert Dilberted dildo Dilemma dilemma tale dilepton event Diletskii, Nikolai Diletskii, Nikolai Pavlovich dilettante Dilg, Will Dili dilinoleic acid Dilizhan Dilizhan Preserve Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth, 2nd Baronet dill dill oil Dill, John Greer Dillard Mill State Historic Site Dillard, James Hardy Dille, John Flint Dilleniaceae Dilleniales Dilleniidae Dillenius, Johann Jakob Diller, Burgoyne Dillinger, John Dillingham Census Area Dillon County			Dilbertian Dilbit DILC Dilcardia DILCS DILD dildo dildo dildo dildoe dildoe dildoe dildoes dildoes dildoes Dildonics dildos dildos dildos Dildos and plugs Dildos and plugs Dildos and plugs Dile Dilection dilemma dilemma dilemma dilemma dilemma Dilemma story dilemma tale Dilemmas Dilemmas Dilemmas Dilemmas Dilemmas dilemmatic dilemmatic dilemmatic dilemmatic dilemmatic Dilemna Dilemna Dilemna Dilemna Dileniidae Dileniidae dilepton event DILES Diletskii, Nikolai Diletskii, Nikolai Pavlovich Dilettant dilettante dilettante dilettanteish Dilettanteism dilettantes dilettantes dilettanti dilettanti dilettantish

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