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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 28
Page ix
... scholar should begin his research where previous scholars have ended theirs . This means in practical terms that one is obliged to read what others have written on the same subject . This is a rule honored , I'm afraid , more in the ...
... scholar should begin his research where previous scholars have ended theirs . This means in practical terms that one is obliged to read what others have written on the same subject . This is a rule honored , I'm afraid , more in the ...
Page 84
... scholars in a past - oriented society would be intent upon demonstrating how well present and future events " prove " the validity of one or more authorities of the past . But scholars in a future - oriented culture would be likely to ...
... scholars in a past - oriented society would be intent upon demonstrating how well present and future events " prove " the validity of one or more authorities of the past . But scholars in a future - oriented culture would be likely to ...
Page 212
... scholars falsely believe that the authors they study must have read rather than heard an earlier version of the story line . This is despite the fact that the literate scholars themselves have heard folktales , legends , and jokes all ...
... scholars falsely believe that the authors they study must have read rather than heard an earlier version of the story line . This is despite the fact that the literate scholars themselves have heard folktales , legends , and jokes all ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aarne-Thompson Alan Dundes American culture American Folklore American football anal analysis animal anthropologists attempt baby birth boys breasts bullroarer castration child Cinderella considered consists context Cordelia daughter David Kopay endzone envy essay evil eye evil eye belief example fact fairy tale fantasy father female folkloristic folktale football Freud future future-oriented genitals genres girl hero pattern homosexual individual Indo-European infant interpretation Jesus joke Journal King Lear legend linguistic liquid literal male male chauvinism marry Mary means metaphor milk mother motif myth narrative noted notion number three Oedipal one's Oompa-Loompas parents perhaps phallic phallus play possible present proverb psychoanalytic psychological question Raglan refer rhyme riddle ritual Róheim scholars semen semiotics sexual society story structure suggests superstition symbolic tale type texture theory tion traditional trichotomy typical Vanishing Hitchhiker virgin wide-mouth frog woman women word worldview York