Contents: Introduction chapter. 1 The Ballads Hero Robin Hood

CONTENTS:
Introduction……………………………………………………………………….3
CHAPTER.1 The Ballads Hero Robin Hood ………………………..………....5
1.1. Robin Hood Ballads…………………………………………………………...5
1.2. Robin Hood`s adventures …………………………..………………………...9
CHAPTER.2 Traditions of folk life in English literature….…………………...17
2.1. Expressional folk life in Robin hood Ballads….……………………………..17
2.2. Expressional folk life children`s Ballads……………………………………...19
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………......24
References……………………...………………………………………………...25


Introduction
It is hard to imagine folklore literature without Robin Hood ballads, which is the foundation of English literature. Folklore literature reflects the past and customs of the people from ancient times. As in all nations, folklore plays an important role in English literature, and it is important to study Robin Hood's ballads.
Studying this work is not a simple process. Because this work is considered a great heritage of the English people and is even considered as the beginning of literature.
The actuality of the course paper: Robin Hood is a famous English hero of folk tales and ballads. Legend has it that he and his friends plundered the Sherwood Forest, plundered the rich, and gave money to the poor. Ballads about this hero were created in the XIV century. Based on them, many books have been written about Robin Hood, and many films have been made.
The aim and tasks of the course work: The purpose of this work is to study the ballads of Robin Hood, a popular folklore in English literature , to understand its content, to explain its essence. Similar ballads played an important role in the formation of medieval literature, Created during the reign of Richard I, this work embodies not only the rules and regulations of the time, but also the suffering of the people.The difficulties of the Crusades led to the creation of this work. The tasks of the course work as follows:
—to gain an idea of medieval English literature
—to research on literature during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart
—to define of oral literature and its peculiarities.
— to demonstrate of a particularly important genre quality of folklore
— to give information about ballads