Weeks
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Topics
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1.
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Introduction to lesson: What is folklore?
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2.
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History of folklore research
Characteristic of folklore and main research fields
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3.
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Intellectual equipments that practitioner folklorist need to have
General features of national folklore theories and the applications in some countries
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4.
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History of Turkish folklore research. Working staff of Turkish folklore research.
Work plane of Turkish folklore village, town and urban monograph
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5.
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Field work methods of folklore: Preparation and planning phase of collection
Determining and analysing of research topic. The time matter in the collection planning; Preparations before go to the field
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6.
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Midterm exam
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7.
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Field work research of folklore: Methods of collection through observations, What are observations methods and types? When and how the observation should have record? What’s observation must be done?
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8.
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Field work research of folklore: Methods of collection through interview
The types of interview and control of the material obtained through interview
The place and important of social field in the interview
To prepare collected material to archive
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9.
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Folklore in history of European ideas and become an independent branch of science
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10.
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Early Theories of folklore:
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J. G. Von Herder and The Brothers: Mythological theory of J. Grimm and
The mythological school
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Adalbert Kukn’s meteorological development of myths theory
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The Sun myth shcool of Max Müller
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Migrations of tales or cultural borrowing theory of Teodor Benfey
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Main paradigms and criticized aspects of the Early Theories of folklore
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11.
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Midterm exam
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12.
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Text-based theories of folklore: Historical-Geographical Fin School
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History and main Works of Historical-Geographical Fin School
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Epic Laws Theory of Alex Olrik
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Index of Types of Folktale of Antti Aarne
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Motif-index of folk-literature of Stith Thompson
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13.
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Main paradigms of Historical-Geographical Fin School
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Work methods of Historical-Geographical Fin School
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The criticized aspects of Historical-Geographical Fin School
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14.
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Text-based theories of folklore
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Text-based theories of folklore:
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Date of restoration theory.
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Evolutionary Folklore Theory
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Psychoanalytic theories of folklore:
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15.
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Text-based theories of folklore
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,Text-based theories of folklore:
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Myth-ritualistic folk theory of science
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Historical- Cultural Folklore School
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Biological theory of folklore.
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16.
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Final exam
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