Folklore and Folklife - Courses - Fall 2005 - FOLK 241 601: Great Story Collections

For more information about Folklore and Folklife,at UPenn, contact Professor Dan Ben-Amos at dbamos@sas.upenn.edu.

For assistance with the Folklore and Folklife website, contact Linda Lee at lindalee@sas.upenn.edu.

FOLK 241 601 Great Story Collections
D. Azzolina
Lecture: Tuesday 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
General Requirement: Arts & Letters
Contact: azzolina@sas.upenn.edu

This course is intended for those with no prior background in folklore or knowledge of various cultures. Texts range in age from the first century to the twentieth, and geographically from the Middle East to Europe to the United States. Each collection displays various techniques of collecting folk materials and making them concrete. Each in its own way also raises different issues of genre, legitimacy, canon formation, cultural values and context.

<< Return to previous page