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Cheat Sheet for the Final Exam

Course Syllabus

Course Notes

The two texts work in concert: the Introduction provides a basic overview, while the corresponding section in the Reader is chock-a-block with illustrative articles. So, for Mondays we read the chapter from the Introduction, and for Wednesdays we read a selection from the Reader.

The whole damn semester

 

Monday (Introduction)

Wednesday (Reader)

January 5

 

First day business

January 10 and 12

Chapter 1
On the Concepts of Folklore

Evans-Pritchard, “The Portal Case: Authenticity, Tourism, Traditions, and the Law”

January 17 and 19

Chapter 2
Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Folklore

Manning, “Carnival in Canada: The Politics of Celebration”

January 24 and 26

Chapter 3
Religious Folklore

Deshen: “Ethnicity and Citizenship in the Ritual of an Israeli Synagogue”

January 31 and February 2

Chapter 4
Occupational Folklore

Bell, “Tending Bar at Brown’s: Occupational Role as Artistic Performance”

February 7 and 9

Chapter 5
Children’s Folklore

Snow day

February 14 and 16

Goldstein, “Strategy in Counting Out" | Chapter 6
Folk Narratives

Chapter 6 (cont.) | Allen, “Personal Experience Narratives”

February 21 and 23

A week’s reprieve, spent reading, I am sure

February 28 and March 2

Chapter 7
Ballads and Folksongs

Barnie, “Oral Formulas in the Country Blues”

March 7 and 9

Chapter 8
Riddles and Proverbs

Oring, “Totemism and the A.E.F. Revisisted”

March 14 and 16

Chapter 9
Folk Objects

Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, “Objects of Memory”

March 21 and 23

Chapter 10
Documenting Folklore

Oring, “Documenting Folklore: The Annotation”

March 28 and 30

Presentations (Papers Due)

Presentations

April 4

Review / Evaluations