Folklore methodology : formulated by Julius Krohn and expanded by Nordic researchers / Kaarle Krohn ; translated by Roger L. Welsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krohn, Kaarle, 1863-1933, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Krohn, Julius, 1835-1888.

Krohn, Julius.

Folklore--Study and teaching.

Folklore.

Folklore--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Place of Publication:

Austin, [Texas] : Published for the American Folklore Society by the University of Texas Press, 1971.

Summary:

Kaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials. For centuries scholars had collected folkloristic texts and had commented on them, but they had not tried to formulate a method of investigating folklore. Folklore Methodology became the handbook for the great Finnish School of folklore research. It provided for its students a guide to the geographical research of traditional materials, a radical departure from the literary scholarship that had dominated folklore studies. Krohn's book explores the causes and modes of folklore diffusion, development, and destruction; it outlines the influences that cause change in folklore; it provides valuable insights into the nature of folklore; and, finally, it develops geographic methods for analyzing, classifying, and reconstructing individual items from the folk repertoire. While many developments have taken place since Krohn first published his guide, important new concepts of folklore research sprang from his efforts. For this reason, Folklore Methodology is mandatory reading for every serious student of folklore.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Translator’s Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

I. Julius Krohn

II. Demarcation of the Field of Work

III. Choice and Scope of the Problem

IV. Procurement of Materials

V. Screening the Materials

VI. Arranging the Materials

VII. Establishing Geographic Classifications

VIII. Procedure of Analysis

IX. The Influence of Faulty Memory

X. The Impulse toward Expansion

XI. Laws of Transformation

XII. Criteria

XIII. Epic Laws

XIV. The Basic Form

XV. Identity

XVI. Homeland and Migration

XVII. Direction of Diffusion

XVIII. Manner of Diffusion

XIX. Time of Origin

XX. Foundations

XXI. Epilogue

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-74956-2