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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... concerned the difficulty for the computer in handling metaphor . Thus " The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ... concern of workers that they may be replaced by increasing automa- tion in factories is a very real one . ) Many ...
... concerned the difficulty for the computer in handling metaphor . Thus " The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak ... concern of workers that they may be replaced by increasing automa- tion in factories is a very real one . ) Many ...
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... concerned with meaning , tends to emphasize the logical rather than the psychological facets of the data being examined . Semiotic analyses gen- erally treat the composition or structural patterning of a text to the exclusion of any concern ...
... concerned with meaning , tends to emphasize the logical rather than the psychological facets of the data being examined . Semiotic analyses gen- erally treat the composition or structural patterning of a text to the exclusion of any concern ...
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... concerned with folklore ( though they usually insist upon referring to folklore under the misleading rubric of ... concern with attempting to separate out the folkloristic elements from the New Testament so as to come as close as humanly ...
... concerned with folklore ( though they usually insist upon referring to folklore under the misleading rubric of ... concern with attempting to separate out the folkloristic elements from the New Testament so as to come as close as humanly ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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