Description
Book SynopsisKaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials and became the handbook for the great Finnish School of folklore research.
Trade ReviewThe reappearance of a classic, such as Welsch's fine translation of Krohn's
Folklore Methodology, is always a significant and welcome event ....
Folklore Methodology is [Krohn's] exegetical formulation of the methodology of the Finnish School, its handbook of scientific folklore scholarship .... While both the method and its theoretical implications are subject to comment, criticism, and refutation,
Folklore Methodology is a seminal work in folklore analysis. * American Anthropologist *
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Archer Taylor
- Translator’s Acknowledgments
- Preface
- I. Julius Krohn
- II. Demarcation of the Field of Work
- III. Choice and Scope of the Problem
- IV. Procurement of Materials
- V. Screening the Materials
- VI. Arranging the Materials
- VII. Establishing Geographic Classifications
- VIII. Procedure of Analysis
- IX. The Influence of Faulty Memory
- X. The Impulse toward Expansion
- XI. Laws of Transformation
- XII. Criteria
- XIII. Epic Laws
- XIV. The Basic Form
- XV. Identity
- XVI. Homeland and Migration
- XVII. Direction of Diffusion
- XVIII. Manner of Diffusion
- XIX. Time of Origin
- XX. Foundations
- XXI. Epilogue
- Index
