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| folk literature: Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature Wolfgang Mieder, 2015-08-11 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. |
| folk literature: Collected Folk Tales Alan Garner, 2011-10-27 From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service The definitive collection of traditional British folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner. |
| folk literature: Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature: A Handbook Jane Garry, 2017-07-05 This is an authoritative presentation and discussion of the most basic thematic elements universally found in folklore and literature. The reference provides a detailed analysis of the most common archetypes or motifs found in the folklore of selected communities around the world. Each entry is written by a noted authority in the field, and includes accompanying reference citations. Entries are keyed to the Motif-Index of Folk Literature by Stith Thompson and grouped according to that Index's scheme. The reference also includes an introductory essay on the concepts of archetypes and motifs and the scholarship associated with them. This is the only book in English on motifs and themes that is completely folklore oriented, deals with motif numbers, and is tied to the Thompson Motif-Index. It includes in-depth examination of such motifs as: Bewitching; Chance and Fate; Choice of Roads; Death or Departure of the Gods; the Double; Ghosts and Other Revenants; the Hero Cycle; Journey to the Otherworld; Magic Invulnerability; Soothsayer; Transformation; Tricksters. |
| folk literature: Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress, 2005 |
| folk literature: Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009 |
| folk literature: Library of Congress Subject Headings Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 1992 |
| folk literature: Library of Congress Subject Headings: F-O Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division, 1989 |
| folk literature: Library of Congress Subject Headings: P-Z Library of Congress. Subject Cataloging Division, 1988 |
| folk literature: Motif-index of Folk Literature on CD-ROM. Stith Thompson, 1992 |
| folk literature: Mexican Folk Tales Anthony John Campos, 1977-12 Presents folktales of Mexico dealing with saints, sinners, men, and beasts |
| folk literature: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters John Steptoe, 1987-03-31 Mufaro was a happy man. Everyone agreed that his two daughters were very beautiful. Nyasha was kind and considerate as well as beautiful, but everyone -- except Mufaro -- knew that Manyara was selfish, badtempered, and spoiled. When the king decided to take a wife and invited The Most Worthy and Beautiful Daughters in the Land to appear before him, Mufaro declared proudly that only the king could choose between Nyasha and Manyara. Manyara, of course, didn't agree, and set out to make certain that she would be chosen. John Steptoe has created a memorable modem fable of pride going before a fall, in keeping with the moral of the folktale that was his inspiration. He has illustrated it with stunning paintings that glow with the beauty, warmth, and internal vision of the land and people of his ancestors. |
| folk literature: F-O Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging Policy, 1990 |
| folk literature: Folk Literature and Children , 1981-12-23 For centuries educators, scholars, writers, and psychologists have debated the value of folk literature for children and the impact of folktales on the young. This bibliography of 465 entries lists a wide range of relevant criticism, scholarship, and opinion. . . . Folk Literature and Children leads one to valuable resource material on the subject of folk literature and children and should prove useful to teachers, librarians, psychologists, and students and scholars of children's literature. Booklist |
| folk literature: Animal Folk Tales of America , 1961 A retelling of United States folklore about animals, selected from the tales about Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed, and others. |
| folk literature: Tibetan Folk Tales Audrey Hyde-Chambers, Frederick Hyde-Chambers, 2001-10-16 Gleaned from an ancient oral tradition, these imaginative, colorful, and wisdom-filled stories will delight children and adults alike. This collection includes the Tibetan myth of creation; some of the famous Jataka tales, or stories of former lives of the Buddha; and the most popular of all the time-honored legends of Tibet, the great epic of King Gesar of Ling, the warrior who became a national hero. |
| folk literature: Portuguese Folk-tales Folklore Society (Great Britain), Zophimo Consiglieri Pedroso, 1882 |
| folk literature: Philippine Folk Literature Damiana L. Eugenio, 1993 |
| folk literature: Philippine Folk Literature Damiana L. Eugenio, 2001 Philippine Folk Literature: The Epics presents 23 folk epics collected from some 14 ethnolinguistic groups in the country. This is the eighth volume being added to the original 7-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. Folk epics are long heroic narratives in verse which recount the adventures of tribal heroes and in the process express the customs, beliefs, and ideals of the people who sing them. The introductory essay, The Philippine Folk Epic, gives a detailed discussion of the features and characteristics of Philippine folk epics--their geographic distribution; epic singing and singers; the epic hero, his adventures and his outstanding qualities; epic conventions; dominant motifs; and the customs, beliefs, and values expressed in them. The epics are arranged in geographic order from north to south, starting with Lam-ang (Northern. Luzon), then to Labaw Donggon (Visayas), and on to Mindanao, w the greatest number of our folk epics come from (Tuwaang, Agyu, Bantugan, etc.). A distinctive feature of Philippine epic literature is that while other countries have one national epic hero, e.g., England's Beowulf, Spain's El Cid, etc., the Philippines has no national epic hero but more than a dozen tribal epic heroes. This volume thus gives the reader an opportunity to get acquainted with these folk epic heroes and the values and ideals they stand for. As in the other volumes in the Philippine Folk Literature Series , the selections are given in English translation, but a sampling of the text in the original language is given at the beginning of each selection. |
| folk literature: Narrative Structures in Burmese Folk Tales , |
| folk literature: City Folk and Country Folk Sofia Khvoshchinskaya, 2017-08-15 “This scathingly funny comedy of manners” by the rediscovered female Russian novelist “will deeply satisfy fans of 19th-century Russian literature” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). City Folk and Country Folk is a seemingly gentle yet devastating satire of the aristocratic and pseudo-intellectual elites of 1860s Russia. Translated into English for the first time, the novel weaves a tale of manipulation, infatuation, and female assertiveness that takes place one year after the liberation of the empire's serfs. Upending Russian literary clichés of female passivity and rural gentry benightedness, Sofia Khvoshchinskaya centers her story on a common-sense, hardworking noblewoman and her self-assured daughter living on their small rural estate. Throwing off the imposed sense of duty toward their betters, these two women ultimately triumph over the urbanites' financial, amorous, and matrimonial machinations. Sofia Khvoshchinskaya and her writer sisters closely mirror Britain's Brontës, yet Khvoshchinskaya's work contains more of Jane Austen's wit and social repartee, as well as an intellectual engagement reminiscent of Elizabeth Gaskell's condition-of-England novels. Written by a woman under a male pseudonym, this exploration of gender dynamics in post-emancipation Russian offers a new and vital point of comparison with the better-known classics of nineteenth-century world literature. |
| folk literature: The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales , 2019 The best tales from around the country, chosen from our popular series of Folk Tales |
| folk literature: Folk Literature of the Nivaklé Indians Johannes Wilbert, Karin Simoneau, 1987 |
| folk literature: Chinese Folktales: An Anthology Yin-Lien C. Chin, Yetta S. Center, Mildred Ross, 2015-03-04 Flows with the naturalness of conversation. -- The Small Press Book Review Translated with simplicity and lucidity. -- The Book Reader This collection of twelve traditional tales from various parts of China in different time periods represents a popular choice and one sure to be well-received. -- Religious Studies Review |
| folk literature: Encyclopaedia of Indian Folk Literature , 2000 |
| folk literature: Roadrunner's Dance Rudolfo Anaya, 2000-08-01 Because Rattlesnake has taken over the road and will not let any of the people or animals in the village use it, Desert Woman enlists the aid of the other animals to create a strange new creature with the necessary tools to overcome Rattlesnake. |
| folk literature: Folk Literature of the Caduveo Indians Johannes Wilbert, Karin Simoneau, Sonia Rosalie Buff Chevalier, 1990 |
| folk literature: Going to the People Chang-tai Hung, 2020-03-17 It is generally believed that Mao Zedong’s populism was an abrupt departure from traditional Chinese thought. This study demonstrates that many of its key concepts had been developed several decades earlier by young May Fourth intellectuals, including Liu Fu, Zhou Zuoren, and Gu Jiegang. The Chinese folk-literature movement, begun at National Beijing University in 1918, changed the attitudes of Chinese intellectuals toward literature and toward the common people. Turning their backs on “high culture” and Confucianism, young folklorists began “going to the people,” particularly peasants, to gather the songs, legends, children’s stories, and proverbs that Chang-tai Hung here describes and analyzes. Their focus on rural culture, rural people, and rural problems was later to be expanded by the Chinese Communist revolutionaries. |
| folk literature: Encyclopaedia of Indian Folk Literature: Vikrama's adventures, or the thirty-two tales of the throne Franklin Edgerton, 2000 |
| folk literature: Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: 1892-1896 William Frederick Poole, 1897 |
| folk literature: Folklore , 1894 |
| folk literature: Folklore Joseph Jacobs, Alfred Trübner Nutt, Arthur Robinson Wright, William Crooke, 1894 Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society. |
| folk literature: The Folktale Stith Thompson, 1977 As interest in folklore increases, the folktale acquires greater significance for students and teachers of literature. The material is massive and scattered; thus, few students or teachers have accessibility to other than small segments or singular tales or material they find buried in archives. Stith Thompson has divided his book into four sections which permit both the novice and the teacher to examine oral tradition and its manifestation in folklore. The introductory section discusses the nature and forms of the folktale. A comprehensive second part traces the folktale geographically from Ireland to India, giving culturally diverse examples of the forms presented in the first part. The examples are followed by the analysis of several themes in such tales from North American Indian cultures. The concluding section treats theories of the folktale, the collection and classification of folk narrative, and then analyzes the living folklore process. This work will appeal to students of the sociology of literature, professors of comparative literature, and general readers interested in folklore. |
| folk literature: Polish Folklore and Myth Alice Wadowski-Bak, Joanne Asala, 2001 Edited by Joanne Asala, the stories are vividly and dramatically interpreted and portrayed in the paper-cuts (wycinaki) by Alice Wadowski-Bak, noted paper-cut and folkore artist.¶The work of Alice Wadowski-Bak, native of Niagara Falls, New York, is found in private collections and galleries worldwide. The art of wycinanki appeared in Poland in the middle of the 1800s, especially in rural areas where sheep shears were readily available. The method of folding, layering, coloring, and overlay is related to the ancient Chinese art of the block print. Artist Wadowski-Bak explores both wycinanki and oriental stencil cutting. Her origianl designs for this book attest to her exquisite artistry.¶This is a treasure of folk art and lore. A very special gift for personal collections.This book of engaging folk stories includes such tales as The Violin, The Headache Cure, Midsummer's Eve, The Flower Queen's Daughter, The Legend of the North Wind, The Flaming Castle, The Village Dance, and The Unfinished Tune.The stories were collected by Joanne Asala, with wycinanki (paper-cutting) illustrations by Polish-American artist Alice Wadowski-Bak. |
| folk literature: Romancing the Folk Benjamin Filene, 2000 In American music, the notion of roots has been a powerful refrain, but just what constitutes our true musical traditions has often been a matter of debate. As Benjamin Filene reveals, a number of competing visions of America's musical past have vied fo |
| folk literature: Motif-index of Folk-literature Stith Thompson, 1934 |
| folk literature: A Collection of Kachári Folk-tales and Rhymes James Drummond Anderson, 1895 |
| folk literature: Folk-tales of Angola Héli Chatelain, 1894 |
| folk literature: West Indian Folk-tales Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock, 1966 Shares traditional tales about animals, adventurers, and the supernatural. |
| folk literature: Icelandic Folk Tales Hjörleifur Helgi Stefánsson, 2020-11-30 Iceland is a country where stories are as important as history. When Vikings settled the island, they brought their tales with them. Every rock, hot spring and waterfall seems to have its own story. Cruel man-eating trolls rub shoulders with beautiful elves, whose homes are hidden from mortal view. Vengeful ghosts envy the living, seeking to drag lost loves into their graves – or they may simply demand a pinch of your snuff. Some of the stories in this collection are classic Icelandic tales, while others are completely new to English translation. Hjörleifur has always been deeply interested in the rich lore of his island. His grandparents provided a second home in his upbringing and taught him much about the past through their own way of life. Hjörleifur is dedicated to breathing fresh life into the stories he loves. |
| folk literature: Oedipus Ubiquitous Allen W. Johnson, Douglass Richard Price-Williams, 1996 Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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FOLK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
How to use folk in a sentence. people generally; a certain kind, class, or group of people; the persons of one's own family; especially : parents… See the full definition
Folk music - Wikipedia
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be …
FOLK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
FOLK definition: 1. people, especially those of a particular group or type: 2. used when speaking informally to a…. Learn more.
Folk Alliance International – Promoting, Preserving, & Presenting Folk …
Folk Alliance International (FAI) is an international arts nonprofit that exist to keep the tradition of folk music thriving through preservation, presentation, and promotion.
Folk music | Definition, History, Artists, Songs, Bands, Instruments ...
6 days ago · Folk music is a type of traditional and generally rural music that originally was passed down through families and other small social groups. Typically, folk music, like folk …
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Folk are regular people. Country folk can be suspicious of fancy city people, while city folk tend to act a little snobby toward country dwellers. The plural form of this word, folks , is often used for …
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country folk; poor folks. (used with a plural verb) people as the carriers of culture, especially as representing the composite of social mores, customs, forms of behavior, etc., in a society. The …
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