Folklore Methodology - Formulated by Julius Krohn and Expanded by Nordic Researchers

Kaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials and became the handbook for the great Finnish School of folklore research.

List of contents

• Foreword by Archer Taylor
• Translator’s Acknowledgments
• Preface
• 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

About the author

Roger L. Welsch taught folklore for many years and now lives in Nebraska.

Summary

Kaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials and became the handbook for the great Finnish School of folklore research.

Product details

• Authors: Kaarle Krohn
• Assisted by: Roger L. Welsch (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1971
• EAN: 9780292724327
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72432-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series; American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series; American Folklore Society Bibl
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore