Are classic folktales fiction or nonfiction?

Answer 1

Both. The history plays and the Roman plays Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra are based fairly closely on real historical events although events have been telescoped for dramatic reasons and the biases and errors of his sources have been carried forward. Macbeth is also based on a historical person, although the facts of his life were not as Shakespeare shows them. King Lear, Cymbeline and Hamlet are based on legendary history, about as historical as the story behind Troilus and Cressida. The other plays are pure fiction.

Answer 2

The Harry Potter series is fiction.

Non-fiction is something that has happened in real life. All the books, characters and events are fiction. If any of the characters are similar to real people it is simply coincidental.

Answer 3

Historical Fiction is fiction based on real people and/or events, the only criteria being that the story is set sometime in the past. Some experts go so far as to say it has to be set in a time before the writer's birth. It can be as realistic (WWI drama about an infantry corps in the battle of Ypres) or as fantastical (Nazi zombie pirate robots taming dinosaurs and fighting aliens in Julius Caesar's backyard) as the writer wants. Historical fiction can also be combined with other sub-genres to create historical romance, historical whodunit, etc.

Answer 4

they are fictional all the folk tales are fictional

Answer 5

They're fiction. If the narrative is based on fact, it's a personal essay.

Answer 6

it non fiction

Answer 7

a fiction