Folkloristics

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Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore such as fairy tales and mythology in oral or non-literary traditions. It makes use of such methods as the Aarne-Thompson classification system or the morphology devised for Russian tales by Vladimir Propp.

Scholars specializing in folkloristics are known as folklorists. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they were often called "antiquarians." Those who specialize in the study of myth are called "mythologists". Some scholars include:

[edit] Literature on the subject of folkloristics

Aarne, Antti (1961), The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography. ed. S. Thompson, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, Helsinki
Azzolina, David S. (1987), Tale Type- and Motif- Indexes: An Annotated Bibliography. New York
Ben-Amos, Dan (1976), Folklore Genres Austin
Bendix, Regina (1988), In Search of Authenticity: The Formation of Folklore Studies. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Bennett, Gillian, and Paul Smith (1993), Contemporary Legend: A Folklore Bibliography. New York
Brednich, Rolf W. et al (2000)., Enzyklopädie des Märchens: Handwörterbuch zur historischen und vergleichenden Erzählforschung. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin - New York
Bronner, Simon J. (1988), American Children's Folklore. Little Rock: August House
Bronner, Simon J. (1998), Following Tradition: Folklore in the Discourse of American Culture. Logan: Utah State University Press.
Bronner, Simon J. (2002), Folk Nation: Folklore in the Creation of American Tradition. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Bronner, Simon J. (2006), Encyclopedia of American Folklife, 4 vols. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.
Brunvand, Jan Harold, ed. (1996), American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis.
Brunvand, Jan Harold (1997), The Study of American Folklore. 4th ed. New York
Carvalho-Neto, Paulo (1971), The Concept of Folklore. Coral Gables
Child, Francis J. (1962), The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. New York
Christiansen, Reidar (1958), The Migratory Legends, Folklore Fellows Communication #175, Helsinki
Cocchiara, Giuseppe (1981), The History of Folklore in Europe. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Degh, Linda (1969), Folktales and Society: Storytelling in a Hungarian Peasant Community. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Dorson, Richard (1959), American Folklore. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Dorson, Richard (1972), Folklore: Selected Essays. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Dorson, Richard, ed. (1983), Handbook of American Folklore. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Dundes, Alan, ed. (1965), The Study of Folklore. Prentice-Hall.
Dundes, Alan (1975), Analytic Essays in Folklore. The Hague
Dundes, Alan (1980), Interpreting Folklore. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Dundes, Alan (1973), Wother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore" Englewood Cliffs
Dundes, Alan (1984), Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth. Berkeley
Dundes, Alan, ed. (1999), International Folkloristics. Rowman & Littlefield.
Feintuch, Burt, ed. (2003), Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture. University of Illinois Press.
Finnegan, Ruth (1970), Oral Literature in Africa. Oxford
Glassie, Henry (1982), Passing the Time in Ballymenone. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Goldstein, Kenneth (1964), A Guide for Field Workers in Folklore. Hatboro, Pennsylvania: Folklore Associates.
Hiatt, L.R., ed, (1975), Australian Aboriginal Mythology. Canberra
Holbek, Bengt (1987), Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Folklore Fellows Communication #239, Helsinki.
Hung, Chang-tai (1985), Going to the People: Chinese Intellectuals and Folk Literature 1918-1937, Harvard East Asian Monographs 121, Cambridge
Krohn, Kaarle (1971), Folklore Methodology. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Lord, Albert (1960), The Singer of Tales. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
Mieder, Wolfgang (1982), International Proverb Scholarship. New York
Mieder, Wolfgang (2004), Proverbs: A Handbook. Westport
Propp, Vladimir (1968), Morphology of the Folktale. Austin
Rank, Otto (1959), The Myth of the Birth of the Hero. New York
Schlereth, Thomas J., ed. (1985), Material Culture: A Research Guide. Lawrence
Scott, Charles T. (1965), "Persian and Arabic Riddles: A Language-Centered Approach to Genre Definition," International Journal of American Linguistics, Part II
Taylor, Archer (1972), Comparative Studies in Folklore: Asia-Europe-America. Taiwan
Thompson, Stith (1946). The Folktale. New York: The Dryden Press.
Toelken, Barre (1979). The Dynamics of Folklore. Houghton-Mifflin.
Voigt, Vilmos (1999), Suggestions Towards a Theory of Folklore. Budapest
Zumwalt, Rosemary Levy (1988), American Folklore Scholarship: A Dialogue of Dissent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
William Graham, of Greatest Britain, studies the folklore of small yorkshire, and its ideals on fairies.