FF:ETBA108 Introduction to Folkloristics - Course Information
ETBA108 Introduction to Folkloristics
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- NOW( ETBA104 Introduction to Folkloristics - Seminar )
Pro vstup do předmětu je vyžadováno úspěšné ukončení předmětu ETBA01. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Ethnology (programme FF, B-ET_) (3)
- Course objectives
- The course focuses on a branch of ethnology, that engages to study therefore of folk music, dance, literature, theatre and folklore of children.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able: define folklore and folklore study; explain the content of folklorism; describe genres of folklore; formulate contemporary aims of folklore study; evaluate choices of research topics.
- Syllabus
- 1. Folklore study as a scientific discipline (definition, description, history of the discipline in Europe, main representatives).
- 2. Folklore and types of folklore; folklore as part of spiritual and social culture.
- 2. Oral folklore (classification of oral expressions, research in Europe).
- 3. Musical folklore (folk song, common playing of instruments, collecting folk songs).
- 4. Dance folklore (folk dance and its collectors, classification of folk dance).
- 5. Ritual folklore and folk theatre.
- 6. Children’s folklore.
- 7. Bearers of folk tradition.
- 8. Folklorism (folklore and its second and third existence; use of folklore in social contexts, function of folklorism, folklorism as a research subject).
- Literature
- recommended literature
- BROUČEK, Stanislav and Richard JEŘÁBEK. Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Biografická část. (Folk culture.). Praha: Mladá fronta, 2007, 284 pp. ISBN 978-80-204-1711-4. info
- JANČÁŘ, Josef. Lidová kultura na Moravě. Ve Strážnici: Ústav lidové kultury, 2000, 373 stran. ISBN 8072750054. info
- Od folkloru k folklorismu : slovník folklorního hnutí v Čechách. Edited by Alena Vondrušková. Vyd. 1. Strážnice: Ústav lidové kultury, 2000, 171 s. ISBN 8086156354. info
- PAVLICOVÁ, Martina and Lucie UHLÍKOVÁ. Od folkloru k folklorismu. Slovník folklorního hnutí na Moravě a ve Slezsku. (From Folklore to Folklorism. A Dictionary of the Folklore Movement in Moravia and Silesia.). 1st ed. Strážnice: Ústav lidové kultury, 1997, 238 pp. slovník 1. ISBN 80-86156-06-0. info
- LEŠČÁK, Milan and Oldřich SIROVÁTKA. Folklór a folkloristika : (o ľudovej slovesnosti). Bratislava: Smena, 1982, 263 s. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion, reading.
- Assessment methods
- Written test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinované studium 14 hodin přímé výuky v semestru. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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