Folklore : Critical Concepts in Literary and Cultural Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415316620 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 1542 str.

Alan Dundes

Opis

The academic study of folklore is a worldwide, interdisciplinary field spanning the humanities and the social sciences. This set of volumes provides students and researchers with a comprehensive collection of articles covering the principal theoretical and methodological concepts.

Spis treści

Volume I:
Pioneering essays defining the field, including key articles from the nineteenth century (Grimm, Mannhardt, Andrew Lang, etc.)
Volume II:
The genres of folklore (myth, folktale, legend, folksong, proverb, riddle, superstition, children's games, etc.)
Volumes III and IV:
Theories and methods (the comparative method, the cartographic method, structuralism, Freudian and Jungian approaches, etc.). Some of these theories and methods are to be found in other disciplines, but their application to folkloristic data is unique.