FOLK 1000 Lecture 4: Genre, Overview of Chapter 2 and The Folk
8 Feb 2017
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Folklorists divide their subject area into forms and kinds called genres. Generally, they categorize genres as: verbal folklore, material folklore, customary folklore, even these broad categories occasionally have some overlapping. The following is a partial list of genres outlined by barre toelken in his introductory text, the dynamics of folklore. Learning objectives: to discuss the evolutio(cid:374) of the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)folk(cid:863, to ide(cid:374)tify (cid:395)ualities of (cid:862)folk g(cid:396)oup(cid:863, to define the esoteric-exoteric factor in folklore. Chapter two in living folklore pages 30-68. When william thoms coined the term folklore , he knew exactly who the folk were: they were the lower stratum of the population: the peasants. It was this segment of the population who were considered rustic and old fashioned. Early folklore collectors were influenced by nineteenth century evolutionists like. Edward b. tylor, who theorized that every culture evolved through three distinct stages of development: savagery, barbarism, civilization.
