Introduction to Folklore

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Term

Summer 2020

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Session

11-Week Session: May 24 - August 6, 2020

Format

Online

Subject Area

FOLKLORE (FOLK)

Course Number

FOLK 101 900

Course Code

FOLK101900

Course Key

67252

Schedule

Wednesday 7:00pm-9:00pm

Day(s)

Wednesday

Time

7:00pm-9:00pm

Instructor

LEE, LINDA J.

Primary Program

LPS Undergraduate & Post-Baccalaureate

Secondary Program

School of Arts and Sciences

Fulfills

Humanities And Social Science Sector (for students admitted in Fall 2006 and later)

Course Description

This online course introduces students to the study of Folklore, its occurrence in daily life, and the scholarly analysis of its use in culture. As a discipline, Folklore explores expressive cultural forms in both traditional and modern societies, in small-scale groups where people interact face-to-face, as well as in large-scale, often industrial societies in which traditional themes, symbols, and forms occupy new positions in everyday life. We will study contemporary applications of Folklore as they relate to the formation and maintenance of individual and group identity, belief, tradition, performance, stereotypes, public display, and activism. These issues will emerge in our study of various folklore genres, including folk speech, jokes, superstitions, folktales, contemporary legends, fake news, digital memes, material culture, body adornment, and musical traditions. Through fieldwork and research assignments, students will gain the skills necessary to conduct an ethnographic study and develop an understanding of the relationship between folk groups, folklore genres, and the issues they express. The goals of this course are: 1) To understand key concepts in folkloristics. 2) To recognize, identify, and analyze the forms of verbal, customary, and material folklore encountered in daily life. 3) To demonstrate folklore research methods -- including comparative research, folklore collecting, documentation, and interpretation -- through independent ethnographic projects.

Crosslistings

RELS108900

NELC181900

Subject Area Vocab

FOLKLORE (FOLK)