Study of Oral Tradition: History and Methods

SCAND M271 - Study of Oral Tradition: History and Methods

<p>(Same as Scandinavian M271.) Seminar, three hours. Exploration of scholarly and literary attempts to study, define, analyze, promote, and/or appropriate oral traditions, from Homer and ancient Greece to origins of vernacular literatures, European romantic (re)discovery of oral tradition, 20th-century heuristic models of oral composition, and modern-day electronic media and popular verbal genres such as joking and rapping. S/U or letter grading.</p>

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The department is dedicated to the study of the literatures and cultures of those parts of the world in which English is a primary language.

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Study of Oral Tradition: History and Methods

ENGL M205A

4 units