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Quiz 1 Flashcards

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8 Qualities of Folklore

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  1. Communal
  2. Common
  3. Informal
  4. Marginal
  5. Personal
  6. Traditional
  7. Aesthetic
  8. Ideological
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Three Major “Genres” of Folklore

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  1. Verbal
  2. Material
  3. Customary
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Who are “The Folk”? (OLD)

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“rural” people; uneducated people; European peasants; “not corrupted by modernity”

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Who are “The Folk” (NEW)

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“Any group of people whatsoever that share at least one common factor”

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What are the “Twin Laws in the Folklore Process”?

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  1. Conservative (Static)
  2. Dynamic (changing)
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What is “Netlore”?

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“Folklore that comments on, and is therefore indecipherable without, knowledge of, current events”

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Example of Netlore from class

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Tourist Guy Meme

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Example of Folklore in Internet Culture from reading

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Pepper spray everything Cop

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What is the “minor genre” of folk narrative talked about in class?

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Jokes

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What is “appropriate incongruity” in jokes?

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The punchline being out of no where but also related enough to the rest of the joke for it to make sense/be humorous

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Communal

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Something belonging to a group/community

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Common

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Part of our everyday lives

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Informal

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Non-institutionalized (out of schooling)

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Marginal

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Something that seems unimportant

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Personal

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Shared person to person (how it’s shared - on a small scale)

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Traditional

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Has some element of stability over time - changes a lot more slowly that pop culture

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Aesthetic

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Artistic quality - how to make something look good/pleasing

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Ideological

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Communicating/expressing beliefs and knowledge

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Verbal

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Things people say (jokes, stories, nicknames, etc.)

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Material

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Things that people make (woodwork, painting, quilting, etc.)

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Customary

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Things that people do (ceremonies/celebrations, actions, rituals, etc.)

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