Variation in Folklore and Language
Title | Variation in Folklore and Language PDF eBook |
Author | Saša Babič |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2019-09-25 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1527540480 |
Variation is a universal phenomenon permeating language, culture, and entire worldviews. This book analyses issues related to both specific and common variations in folklore and language as signifiers of culture and worldview. The articles here are dedicated to different genres and forms, including spoken and written language, dancing and singing, and festivities, and involve different aspects of variation. Variation is conceptualised here as the main basis of folklore dynamics and a major issue of typology. A significant part of the volume is dedicated to variations of myths and motifs, creativity, intertextuality, and transmediality.
Variation in language, literature, folklore, and music
Title | Variation in language, literature, folklore, and music PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 133 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789949586516 |
Language, the Singer and the Song
Title | Language, the Singer and the Song PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Watts |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2019-01-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1107112710 |
The relationship between language and music has much in common - rhythm, structure, sound, metaphor. Exploring the phenomena of song and performance, this book presents a sociolinguistic model for analysing them. Based on ethnomusicologist John Blacking's contention that any song performed communally is a 'folk song' regardless of its generic origins, it argues that folk song to a far greater extent than other song genres displays 'communal' or 'inclusive' types of performance. The defining feature of folk song as a multi-modal instantiation of music and language is its participatory nature, making it ideal for sociolinguistic analysis. In this sense, a folk song is the product of specific types of developing social interaction whose major purpose is the construction of a temporally and locally based community. Through repeated instantiations, this can lead to disparate communities of practice, which, over time, develop sociocultural registers and a communal stance towards aspects of meaningful events in everyday lives that become typical of a discourse community.
Thick Corpus, Organic Variation and Textuality in Oral Tradition
Title | Thick Corpus, Organic Variation and Textuality in Oral Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Lauri Honko |
Publisher | |
Pages | 696 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
The articles in this volume stem from the 5th International Folklore Fellow's Summer School, a forum for the global evaluation of folklore methodology, held in Turku in August 1999. 'Thick Corpus', 'organic variation' and 'textuality' are new keywords in folklore theory. They signal a shift of paradigm between the intercultural study of variation. The modern scholar focuses on intensive fieldwork on living systems of tradition, trying to create thick corpora of material reflecting the organic variation of folklore in context.
Genre - text - interpretation
Title | Genre - text - interpretation PDF eBook |
Author | Kaarina Koski |
Publisher | Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |
Pages | 487 |
Release | 2016-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9522228443 |
This book presents current discussions on the concept of genre. It introduces innovative, multidisciplinary approaches to contemporary and historical genres, their roles in cultural discourse, how they change, and their relations to each other. The reader is guided into the discussion surrounding this key concept and its history through a general introduction, followed by eighteen chapters that represent a variety of discursive practices as well as analytic methods from several scholarly traditions. This volume will have wide appeal to several academic audiences within the humanities, both in Finland and abroad, and will especially be of interest to scholars of folklore, language and cultural expression.
Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
Title | Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Mieder |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2015-08-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317376862 |
In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, journalism, politics, cartoons, and poetry. He reveals both the remarkable adaptability of these tales and how each variation reflects cultural and historical changes. Fairy tales, legends, folk songs, riddles, nursery rhymes, and proverbs are passed from generation to generation, changing both in form and meaning with each use. This book will be of interest to students of literature.
Folkloristics
Title | Folkloristics PDF eBook |
Author | Robert A. Georges |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780253329349 |
""Excellent."" -- The Reader's Review ""Anybody contemplating the study and pursuit of folklore... will benefit from reading this presentation thoroughly to determine your place in this most exciting scholastic world."" -- Come-All-Ye This is the most complete and up-to-date study of folklore and folklore methodologies available. The authors describe the pervasiveness of folklore, including its uses in literature, films, television, cartoons, comic strips, advertising, and other media in a variety of cultures.