Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories

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American literature work folktale collection short story collection

Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories are a collection of post–Civil War Southern folktales featuring the trickster Br’er Rabbit and other anthropomorphic animals, framed as oral tales told by the fictional storyteller Uncle Remus.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Uncle Remus stories	4
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings	2
Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories canonical	1
Nights with Uncle Remus	1
The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus	1
Uncle Remus and His Friends	1
“Nights with Uncle Remus”	1
“Uncle Remus and His Friends”	1
“Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings”	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American literature work ⓘ folktale collection ⓘ short story collection ⓘ
adaptedAs	animated film segments ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ
author	Joel Chandler Harris ⓘ
basedOn	African American folktales ⓘ African folklore traditions ⓘ
centralTheme	cunning versus strength ⓘ survival through wit ⓘ trickster figure ⓘ
collectedFrom	African American storytellers in the South ⓘ
containsMotif	moral lessons ⓘ talking animals ⓘ trickster rabbit ⓘ
controversy	romanticized portrayal of plantation life ⓘ use of African American dialect stereotypes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresCharacterType	anthropomorphic animals ⓘ
firstCollectionPublicationYear	1880 ⓘ
firstCollectionTitle	Joel Chandler Harris’ Uncle Remus stories self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
genre	children’s literature ⓘ folklore ⓘ frame narrative ⓘ regional literature ⓘ
hasCharacterRole	Uncle Remus as storyteller ⓘ white child listener ⓘ
inspiredBy	oral storytelling traditions of enslaved African Americans ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn	American children’s literature ⓘ portrayals of Br’er Rabbit in popular culture ⓘ
literaryMovement	local color writing ⓘ
mainCharacter	Brer Bear ⓘ surface form: Br’er Bear Brer Fox ⓘ surface form: Br’er Fox Br'er Rabbit ⓘ surface form: Br’er Rabbit Uncle Remus ⓘ
narrativeFrame	oral tales told by Uncle Remus ⓘ
narrativeStyle	dialect writing ⓘ
notableStory	How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox ⓘ The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story ⓘ
publisherOfFirstCollection	D. Appleton & Company ⓘ surface form: D. Appleton and Company
settingPeriod	post–Civil War American South ⓘ
settingRegion	Southern United States ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ general readers ⓘ

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this entity surface form: “Uncle Remus and His Friends”

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this entity surface form: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings