Folk groups and folklore genres an introduction pdf

Elliott oring is the author of folk groups and folklore genres 3. First, it is meant to be used in quarter or semesterlength introductory courses. Folk groups and folklore genres one could define each genre on the list, an incomplete list would still remain unacceptable as a definition. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. One of the best known explanations of folklore is found in alan dundes brief essay, what is folklore. It is intended to provide an alternative to the textbook approach to introductory instruction. Folk groups and folklore genres is meant to be used in two ways. Elliott oring author of folk groups and folklore genres. Folk groups and folklore genres do not operate on this principle of metaphorical description. Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager, zotero, mendeley export a text file for bibtex note. Compiled to accompany the bestselling textbook, folk groups and folklore genres. Orings introductory folklore text consists of a series of essays by leading scholars that give the student a solid sense of major folklore topics and interpretive techniques. Folk groups and folklore genres reader book description. An introduction is not a textbook, nor is it meant to directly compete with the folklore textbooks currently available.

For example, there is the pretended obscene riddle, which consists of a question that seems to call for an obscene answer, but really has an innocent answer what is it that a woman does sitting down, a man. Dundes disputes the notion that folk should be automatically identified with peasant or rural groups, or with people from the past. Since 1986, when it was first published, this book has met the need for good instructional material at a time of tremendous growth in folklore programs and introductory courses in colleges and universities around the world. How would we go about deciding whether something not on the list were lore or not. In which i talk a bit about how folklorists classify the material they study. An introduction, the selections in this anthology extend the discussion in diverse directions, alert the reader to new problems, and introduce alternative perspectives. Orings introductory folklore text consists of a ser. For example, is a barn decoration or a football cheer a kind of lore. Interpreting the womans remark is more complicated.