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Folklore of Great Britain and Western Europe

ОК 10

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2024/2025

1 Semester

3

PLO 8. Evaluate the historical legacy and recent developments in literary studies. PLO 10. Collect and organize linguistic, literary, and folkloric data; interpret and translate texts of various styles and genres. PLO 11. Conduct scientific analysis of linguistic, speech, and literary material; interpret and structure it in accordance with appropriate methodological principles; formulate generalizations based on independently processed data. PLO 13. Explain the essence of specific philological issues, one’s own point of view on them, and its justification in an accessible and well-reasoned manner to both specialists and the general public, including students. PLO 15. Select optimal research approaches and methods for analyzing specific linguistic or literary material.

Full-time form

Before beginning this course, students should Be familiar with the basic characteristics of folklore as a form of traditional folk art; understand the relationship between folklore studies and other humanities disciplines; and possess basic factual knowledge in the humanities. Be able to work with sources of information, process it, draw generalizations and conclusions; collect and interpret information regarding the characteristics of folklore genres; apply basic concepts in the analysis of folklore phenomena; plan and evaluate their own work; apply interactive and multimedia tools. Possess basic skills in scientific research, as well as in searching for and processing educational and scientific information.

Classes are conducted in the form of lectures and practical sessions and include independent study by students. The form of the final semester assessment is a credit exam. Its object is folklore texts of various genres, and its subject is the study of folklore as a holistic, multi-level system of traditional collective creativity of the peoples of Great Britain and Western Europe. The course consists of two main parts. The first is aimed at helping students master the basic theoretical and methodological foundations for studying and analyzing traditional folk creativity as the basis of national culture. The second is devoted to the characteristics of the creation, existence, and study of folklore genres and subgenres of the peoples of Great Britain and Western Europe

1. Briggs, K. M. Possible Mythological Motifs in English Folktales. Folklore 83, no. 4 (1972): 265–71. Retrieved June 18, 2020. URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1259424 2. Gabbert, L. (2024). Ritualising Cultural Heritage and Re-enchanting Rituals in Europe: By Alessandro Testa. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2024. 253 pp. Illus. US $47.00 (pbk). ISBN 978-1-53102-673-8. Also available as an e-book. Folklore, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587X.2024.2393921 3. McNeill, L. S. (2013). Folklore rules: A fun, quick, and useful introduction to the field of academic folklore studies. University Press of Colorado, Urban Institute.

Teaching and learning methods: lectures, practical sessions, independent study. Types of assignments: oral responses, presentations, test preparation, developing discussion questions, participation in discussions, quizzes.

The semester grade is determined by the points earned by the student while mastering the material covered in the entire course. The overall grade for the semester consists of points earned for classroom participation (oral responses, participation in discussions), independent creative work (presentations, test preparation, developing discussion questions), and a test.

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