PPT-Introduction to Folk Literature

Definition of Folk Literature Before writing people were telling stories reciting poetry and singing songs about their beliefs dreams and experiences Much of this material formed part of the . Epics. The art of story-telling has been cultivated in all ages and among all nations of which we have any record; it is the outcome of an instinct implanted universally in the human mind.. —Edwin Sidney Hartland. . . Culture:. .  . What people care about …. .  . What people take care of…. 2. Folk & Popular Culture: Terms. HABIT. “a repetitive act that a particular . individual. . performs”. Lue Her. Early Years. Founded in 1932 by Myles . H. orton, Don West and James A. . Dombroski. Originally established in . Grundry. County, Tennessee.. Early Years. D. uring . the 1930s and 1940s, the school’s main focus was labor education and the training of labor organizers. The traditional beliefs, customs, stories, songs, and dances of a culture. Folklore is based on the concerns of ordinary people and is passed down by word of mouth.. Oral Tradition. Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next. Oral literature was a way of recording the past, glorifying leaders, and teaching morals and traditions to young people.. The literature of a formative past by the various groups of people who inhabited the archipelago . A literature of varying human interest. Close to the religious and political organizations of the ancient Filipinos. By: Maiya Her. CAE 213. History. Founded in 1932 by Myles Horton and Don West. Located in Grundy County, Tennessee. Purpose. Original mission: to educate “rural and industrial leaders for a new social order”. Origin of Culture. Folk Culture. Isolated, clustered. Topics involve every day life, environment, beliefs. Passed down orally. Traditions . Spread by relocation diffusion. Little change over time. Separate, multiple hearths. Mr. D. S. . Amoji. Research Scholar. Research Guide . Dr. V. T. . Kamble. Professor & Chairman. Dept. P. G. Studies and Research in Library and Information Science. Gulbarga University. , Kalaburagi. January 18, Week 12. Folk community. “I have been expelled from the folk community”. T. he Nazi folk community. More a notion than a reality. Idea of an equal community of racial comrades. Everyone’s participation. Literature passed down through the ages by word of mouth that were eventually written down and retold as stories and poems.. They record the history, customs, beliefs and values of the cultures from which they sprang.. Leonard Cohen (1934- ). Gordon Lightfoot (1938 ). Bruce Cockburn (1945- ). Joni Mitchell (1943- ). Stan Rogers (1949-1983). Anne Murray. Buffy Sainte Marie (1941- ). Neil Young. Classic Folk Musicians. Sonee Goles. Ganga. Lone singer for one line then other singers come in with what is described as a wail. Passionate, limited in popularity to small towns. Rare on Croatian airwaves. Popular musicians work “ganga” into their music. Native American Literature Native American Literature: Cultural Diversity At time of Columbus, 350 distinct languages existed in North America Thousands of distinct cultural groups existed as well. Folk Arts and Design Of Luzon Introduction This lesson will introduce you to the folk arts and designs of Luzon, the largest island of our country. Luzon in the northern most part of the Philippine Archipelago that includes the island of Luzon itself, the Batanes and Babuyan groups of islands to the north, and outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque, Masbate, Romblon, Palawan, and Mindoro in the south. Luzon is the economic and political center of the Philippines, being home to the country’s capital city, Manila.