RUSSIAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tract Housing, Tall Tale, Oral Literature
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Ritual and social culture: study of actions and mark stages in human life. Verbal culture: study of words (oral culture) Normative popular romance, what the average joe likes to read. Folk tall tale, joke (the common people in russia would over talked) Normative tract house (like any house in irvine/ rules) *** for the speaker these stories are true (keep this in mind when doing the readings) *** Chastushki (racy rhymes, just fun to stay) *** russians don"t believe/know that these stories are true *** Collection of folklore began in 18th century. Early definitions based on idea that folklore was disappearing, emphasized the survival of earlier things. Worried that if they didn"t take it down that it wouldn"t be there anymore. Today"s definition based on living performances in natural contexts. Sociological perspective: rural, technologically sophisticated, agricultural, family-based. Farm land was divided into narrow strips & located along household based on number of taxable people.
