ABS 308 - African American Folklore

Description:
This course focuses on various elements of African American Folklore; including, but not limited to folktales, folk life, music, dance, and material culture.

Credits: (5)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Identify and discuss the development of the study of African American Folklore from its formal inception to today.
Describe the most popular definitions of Folklore and “folk”, as well as methods of data collection in folklore.
Describe how Folklore is used by individuals and groups to identify themselves and others.
Illustrate the difference between comparative methods used by Folklorists and those used by other fields of study.
Distinguish linguistic specificities in Oral Traditions such as dialect, grammar and syntactical variations, and regional vocabulary.
Analyze, discuss and identify the structure and function of various types of African American Oral Traditions.
Identify and discuss the persistence of African American Folklore as it exists through customs, medicines, food ways, music, dance, games and material culture.
Implement the requirements, methodology and best practices for conducting Folklore field research.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
2/02/12

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