Weeks
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Topics
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1.
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Genaral repetition of folklore research methods and theories
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2.
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Text-based theories of folklore
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Subsiding of Elite Culture theory
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Ideological folklore theory
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Intercultural crossover method
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The mass culture Theory
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3.
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Text-based theories of folklore: Structural Folklore Theories
The biography of the hero of structural analysis models:
Otto Rank’s hero pattern
Lord Raglan's traditional hero pattern
Eric Hobsbawm's social bandit or folk hero pattern
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4.
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Text-based theories of folklore: Structural Folklore Theories
V. Propp's structural narrative analysis method
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The history of V. Propp's analysis method
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The basic paradims of V. Propp's structuralism
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The working systematic of V. Propp's analysis method
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According to V. Propp’s method an example of a fairy tale
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The criticized aspects of V. Propp's analysis method
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5.
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Text-based theories of folklore: Structural Folklore Theories
Claude Levi Stratuss's method of structural analysis
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The life of C. Levi-Strauss and history of his work
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The basic paradims of C. Levi-Strauss’s analysis method
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The working systematic of C. Levi-Strauss’s analysis method
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The criticized aspects of C. Levi-Strauss’s analysis method
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6.
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Midterm exam
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7.
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Context Oriented Folklore Theories: Functional theory of folklore
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Theoretical ground and history of the Functional Theory
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Formation of the conceptual frame: Malinowski and culture definition
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Funtional analyisis models of folklore
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8.
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Context Oriented Folklore Theories: Theory of oral composition.
The emergence of the theory and Homer’s matter
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9.
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Context Oriented Folklore Theories: Theory of oral composition.
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10.
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Context Oriented Folklore Theories: Performance Theory
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Theoretical ground and history of Performance Theory
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Analysis models of folklore according to Performance Theory
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The first findings about performance concept
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11.
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Midterm exam
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12.
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Context Oriented Folklore Theories: Performance Theory
Triple a research model: the text, texture and context
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The big changing in definition of “folk” concept
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The manifest of Performance Theory: Towards declaration of a new theory
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Performance event analysis method of Performance Theory
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14.
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Applaying folklore research
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15.
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Applaying folklore research
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16.
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Final exam
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