"folk narrative" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to stories that are meant to be shared or passed on among members of a culture or group. For example: "The folk narrative passed down through generations tell of a magical creature living deep in the forest."
A large linocut print he made around 1958 was a trial run: it depicts the Karbala battle in a rough style reminiscent of Western Expressionism and Iranian folk narrative painting.
The Kinder- und Hausmärchen was followed by a collection of historical and local legends of Germany, Deutsche Sagen (1816 18), which never gained wide popular appeal, though it influenced both literature and the study of the folk narrative.
Her installation at Lever House, an homage to the dark, little-known Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Snow Queen," is a good display of her flair for synthesizing myriad fascinations — in this case, folk narrative, Carpenter Gothic architecture and Baroque painting — in vignette form.
The results were threefold: the collection enjoyed wide distribution in Germany and eventually in all parts of the globe (there are now translations in 70 languages); it became and remains a model for the collecting of folktales everywhere; and the Grimms' notes to the tales, along with other investigations, formed the basis for the science of the folk narrative and even of folklore.
Newsnight policy editor Chris Cook, a former special adviser to Tory education minister David Willetts, went so far as to say that "the folk narrative of London school improvement has been fundamentally changed" by the IFS study and that "it is clear that something astonishing was happening in London primary schools" around the turn of the millennium.
The folk narrative of London school improvement has been fundamentally changed.
The prevalence of outsider voices in the exhibition, like the vigorous folk narratives of Bill Traylor (c.
She was professor of English at Cuttington University, an Episcopal college where she amassed an extensive collection of Liberian folk narratives.
You could call it folk art, since he wasn't trained in any art school — he learned the craft in prison — and like many folk narratives, it is couched firmly in the details of simple, everyday life.
It is a popular mode of religious expression, as well as an essential accompaniment to many social festivities, including dances and the narration of bardic and other folk narratives.
O2 Apollo, Manchester, Sun; O2 Academy, Glasgow, Tue; Brixton Academy, SW2, Thu & Fri JR A collaboration between the University of Bradford and one of the country's most established folk clubs, The Topic, Folk Narratives offers a valuable insight into the genre.
