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 52
... wish would be transformed - active to passive , subject to object . Instead of the hero or heroine doing something to a parent surrogate or sibling , the rival does that very thing to the hero or heroine . Boys wishing to eliminate ...
... wish would be transformed - active to passive , subject to object . Instead of the hero or heroine doing something to a parent surrogate or sibling , the rival does that very thing to the hero or heroine . Boys wishing to eliminate ...
Page 160
... wish you luck I wish you joy I wish you first a baby boy . And when his hair begins to curl I wish you then a baby girl . If a woman comes to see you on the first day of the year before a man , you will have bad luck . Jack and Jill ...
... wish you luck I wish you joy I wish you first a baby boy . And when his hair begins to curl I wish you then a baby girl . If a woman comes to see you on the first day of the year before a man , you will have bad luck . Jack and Jill ...
Page 217
... wish to remove the father ( so as to have sole access to the mother ) is a taboo one . So in the resultant folkloristic projection , it is not the son - hero who wishes to get rid of his father but father , the wicked father figure ...
... wish to remove the father ( so as to have sole access to the mother ) is a taboo one . So in the resultant folkloristic projection , it is not the son - hero who wishes to get rid of his father but father , the wicked father figure ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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