ETMB44 Contemporary folklore

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Janeček, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 12:30–15:45 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is devoted to the contemporary folklore repertoire with emphasis on so-called „modern“ folklore genres transmitted on the territory of the Czech Republic compared with wider European and global context. Main attention is paid to genres of contemporary (urban) legend, rumour (gossip), joke, anecdote and children scary narratives. Attention is also paid to non-orally folklore genres such as writtten folklore, office folklore and folklore forms transmitted via e-mail and internet. Main purpose of the course is not only general introduction to phenomena of modern oral tradition, but also analysis of its connection to „traditional“ folklore genres, and especially analysis of its cultural and social context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Contemporary folklore, postfolklore or popular culture? 2. „Urban", "modern" or "contemporary" folklore? 3. History of analysis of contemporary folklore 4. Contemporary folklore and its social and cultural function 5. Anecdote and joke 6. Rumour and gossip 7. Contemporary legend 8. Children folklore 9. Written, office and electronical folklore 10.Social and cultural context of contemporary folklore
Literature
    required literature
  • JANEČEK, Petr. Černá sanitka a jiné děsivé příběhy : současné pověsti a fámy v České republice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Plot, 2006, 367 s. ISBN 8086523748. info
  • BENEŠ, Bohuslav and Václav HRNÍČKO. Nápisy v ulicích. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 206 s. ISBN 8021003235. info
  • KAPFERER, Jean-Noël. Fáma :nejstarší médium světa. Translated by Dušan Provazník. 1. vyd. Praha: Práce, 1992, 244 s. ISBN 80-208-0262-2. info
  • LEŠČÁK, Milan and Oldřich SIROVÁTKA. Folklór a folkloristika : (o ľudovej slovesnosti). Bratislava: Smena, 1982, 263 s. info
  • BENEŠ, Bohuslav. Úvod do folkloristiky. Brno: Rektorát UJEP, 1979. info
    recommended literature
  • JANEČEK, Petr and Dana BITTNEROVÁ. Folklor atomového věku : kolektivně sdílené prvky expresivní kultury v soudobé české společnosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2011, 135 s. ISBN 9788087398111. info
  • JANEČEK, Petr. Černá sanitka: třikrát a dost : mytologie pro 21. století. Illustrated by Vojtěch Šeda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Plot, 2008, 367 s. ISBN 9788086523880. info
  • JANEČEK, Petr. Černá sanitka: druhá žeň : Pérák, Ukradená ledvina a jiné pověsti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Plot, 2007, 335 s. ISBN 9788086523828. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Folkloristické studie. Brno: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2002, 197 s. ISBN 80-85010-31-3. info
  • DUNDES, Alan. Analytic essays in folklore. The Hague: Mouton, 1975, xii, 265. ISBN 902793231X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Final project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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