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 89
... original version of " Seeing's believing " was presumably “ Seeing's believing , but feeling's the truth . " That most Americans have dropped the second portion of the proverb does not seem to be an accident . Rather , it reflects a def ...
... original version of " Seeing's believing " was presumably “ Seeing's believing , but feeling's the truth . " That most Americans have dropped the second portion of the proverb does not seem to be an accident . Rather , it reflects a def ...
Page 217
... original crime is displaced onto the object of the initial guilt - producing wish . The subject ( original wisher ) has become the object ( victim ) while the original intended victim has become the doer of the guilty deed . Projection ...
... original crime is displaced onto the object of the initial guilt - producing wish . The subject ( original wisher ) has become the object ( victim ) while the original intended victim has become the doer of the guilty deed . Projection ...
Page 255
... original Christian version of the hero pattern ( Jones 1951a : 372 ) . I would add that in the circum - Mediterranean area where the original mother - son pattern was so strongly entrenched , such The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus 255.
... original Christian version of the hero pattern ( Jones 1951a : 372 ) . I would add that in the circum - Mediterranean area where the original mother - son pattern was so strongly entrenched , such The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus 255.
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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