Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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Page 24
The important difference between general discussions of function and specific
detailed accounts of context may be seen by taking the riddle genre as an
example . Whereas folklorists have long been unwisely content to publish just
riddle texts ...
The important difference between general discussions of function and specific
detailed accounts of context may be seen by taking the riddle genre as an
example . Whereas folklorists have long been unwisely content to publish just
riddle texts ...
Page 44
What happened is important , but no less important is what people think
happened or what people wish had happened . Folk history may tell us more
about folk than about history , but surely that is worth knowing . The folk history of
George ...
What happened is important , but no less important is what people think
happened or what people wish had happened . Folk history may tell us more
about folk than about history , but surely that is worth knowing . The folk history of
George ...
Page 71
Yet what is really most important in the present context is a proverb ' s occurrence
and specifically its frequency of occurrence in the United States . In a way the
critical issue is whether or not it is possible to distinguish “ American worldview ...
Yet what is really most important in the present context is a proverb ' s occurrence
and specifically its frequency of occurrence in the United States . In a way the
critical issue is whether or not it is possible to distinguish “ American worldview ...
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Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Interpreting Folklore |
| Author | Alan Dundes |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0253143071, 9780253143075 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Folklore & Mythology |
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