Sentence examples for folkloric character from inspiring English sources

The Emerson offered a striking interpretation of this popular work, whose folkloric character derives from Dvorak's use of pentatonic scales.

He is already a kind of folkloric character, the larger-than-life protagonist of a great American tall tale.

The great merit of Wilhelm Grimm is that he gave the fairy tales a readable form without changing their folkloric character.

Its outer movements have a lively folkloric character, and its central movement, "Aboio," is built around a cello melody that has the makings of a great torch song.

The BFG first appeared in Dahl's Danny, the Champion of the World as a folkloric character; his starring vehicle explains how he collects and distributes good dreams to children.

Still others cried "pack your suitcase" or called him Pinocchio, a reference to the folkloric character infamous for lying.

"Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness" is much more than a documentary biography of "the Jewish Mark Twain," as the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, Menachem-Mendl and other beloved folkloric characters has been called.

To make the custom their own, former slaves took to burning sugar cane, to symbolize their freedom from the plantations here, and in later years residents began wearing costumes that both portrayed folkloric characters from Africa and mimicked their colonizers.

(Rachel Saltz) ★ 'Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness' (No rating, 1 33) Much more than a documentary biography of "the Jewish Mark Twain," as the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, Menakhem-Mendl and other beloved folkloric characters has been called, the film is a rich, beautifully organized and illustrated modern history of Eastern European Jewry examined through Aleichem's life and work.

(Holden) ★ 'Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness' (No rating, 1 33) Much more than a documentary biography of "the Jewish Mark Twain," as the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, Menakhem-Mendl and other beloved folkloric characters has been called, the film is a rich, beautifully organized and illustrated modern history of Eastern European Jewry examined through Aleichem's life and work.

(Scott) ★ 'Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness' (No rating, 1 33) Much more than a documentary biography of "the Jewish Mark Twain," as the creator of Tevye the Dairyman, Menakhem-Mendl and other beloved folkloric characters has been called, the film is a rich, beautifully organized and illustrated modern history of Eastern European Jewry examined through Aleichem's life and work.