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The following represents the range of courses avaliable to students in Folklore Studies at the University of Oregon. In addition to FLR classes, our affiliated professors offer a number of approved courses covering a variety of topics in folklore. For schedules, please click on the links to the right. FLR 399 African Folklore (4). This course investigates a variety of expressive forms practiced by different groups of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa. We will examine the folklore (oral narratives, songs, popular music, dance, and tourist art) of specific groups to explore issues of aesthetics, identity, politics, gender, class, and globalization. Gilman. FLR 399 Folklore and Sexuality (4). Folklore forms are both reflexive and constitutive of social realities. Studying folklore as it occurs in day-to-day life therefore yields insight into contemporary realities. In this course, intersections between folklore and sexuality will provide an entry point for examining contemporary social issues relating to sexuality, including sexual identities, courting practices, sexism, pride, violence, body image issues, and resistance. Gilman. FLR 407/507 Public Folklore (4). In this course we will explore the intellectual history as well as the practice of public (or applied) folklore. Readings, guest speakers, and focused discussions will illuminate a range of options available to folklorists beyond the traditional academic domain. Exercises in project development (conceptualization, proposal writing, fieldwork plan) will provide opportunities to make initial forays into public folklore, or to workshop an idea you have kicking around. While this will not necessarily be a "how-to" class, we will identify and discuss the kinds of skills that public folklorists bring to (and sometimes lean on) various long and short-term projects. Fenn. FLR 410/510 Folklore and Gender (4). Folklore forms are used to establish and sustain normative gender and sexual practices in addition to providing avenues for resistance and construction of alternate frameworks for living. In this course, students will use theories from folklore, feminism, and gender studies to analyze expressive forms that are used to create and celebrate various manifestations of gender identities contribute to gender conflict, as well as those that are used to contest gender oppression (e,g, sexism and homophobia). Gilman. FLR 410/510 Folklore and the Supernatural (4). Examines supernatural beliefs in modern society as expressed in folklore and film. Topics include apparitions, miracles, prophecy, apocalyptic cults, magic, ghosts, angels, vampires, fairies, UFOs, possession states, and supernatural assault. The course satisfies (1) the upper division English elective requirement and (2) the folklore, ethnic, and women's literature course requirement. Open to all students. Wojcik. FLR 410/510 Magic, Myth, and Religion (4). Magic as folk belief and practice, myth as sacred expression, and the functions of folk religions and cults. Folklore forms that express belief, e.g., narratives, rituals, celebrations, and customs. Sherman. FLR 411/511 Folklore and Religion (4). Examines the research questions and theoretical models used by folklorists and other scholars in the study of vernacular religion and popular spirituality. We will examine religion and spirituality as it is "lived," focusing primarily on beliefs and practices that are informally learned and generally unsanctioned by institutional doctrines and authorities. The course is organized to reflect particular topics and areas of research that have preoccupied folklorists, and we will explore the issues and perspectives that have informed their studies. The role of folklore in peoples religious lives will be explored through the analysis of narratives, rituals, beliefs, customs, celebrations, pilgrimages, trance states, and numinous experiences. Wojcik. FLR 412/512 Folklore of Subcultures (4). Surveys the research methods and theories used by folklorists and other cultural theorists in the study of subcultures within historical context. Approaches to the description and analysis of the style, rituals, beliefs, narratives, argot, humor, festivals, and body adornment associated with various subcultures will be examined. The course focuses on the expressive culture of ethnic, religious, youth, bohemian, and leisure-oriented groups, with particular attention paid to the ways that folklore serves as the basis for subcultural identity and communication, and the extent to which subcultural expressive behavior challenges or reinforces dominant values and systems of meaning. Wojcik. FLR 413/513 Folk Art and Material Culture (4). Explores current and longstanding issues in the study of "folk" or vernacular art, including terminological distinctions, research methods, and current theoretical orientations in addition to conventional studies of traditional arts and material culture. We will examine topics that expand or challenge notions of folk art, such as informal art environments, subcultural expressive behavior, recycled objects and art, body adornment, automobile decoration, murals and graffiti, prison art, self-taught artists, outsider art, and visionary art. Wojcik. FLR 483/583 Folklore and Mythology of the British Isles (4). Basic folk traditions in the British Isles (e.g., ballads, folktales, legends, myths) and their treatment in the written literature of major British authors. Dugaw, Sherman. FLR 485/585 Film and Folklore (4). The developmental use of film by folklorists. Folklore genres, theories, and fieldwork methods as related to filmmakers' techniques. Analysis includes documentary and ethno documentary films. Sherman, Wojcik. FLR 486/586 African-American Folklore (4). Analysis of African American customs, language, beliefs, sayings, and tales expressed through oral tradition. Coleman. FLR 503 Thesis (l-6R). P/N onlyFLR 601 Research: [Topic] (l-6R). P/N only FLR 604 Internship: [Topic] (l-6R). FLR 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (l-6R). FLR 606 Field Studies: [Topic] (l-6R). FLR 607 Seminar: [Topic] (l-6R). FLR 608 Workshop: [Topic] (l-6R). FLR 609 Terminal Project (l-6R). FLR 610 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1-5R). FLR 681 History of Folklore Theory and Research (5). Examines nature of scholarly inquiry, research questions, and techniques. Historic orientation with emphasis on ideological development of folkloristics from its beginnings to the present. Dugaw, Gilman, Sherman, Wojcik. Affiliated Courses Other undergraduate and graduate courses with related subject matter-including approved Reading and Conference (405, 605), Seminar (407/507, 607), and Experimental Course (410/510, 610) may be applied to folklore certificate programs by arrangement with the instructors and the Folklore Program director. Folklore Courses in the Anthropology Department ANTH 315 Gender, Folklore, Inequality. Cross-cultural exploration of the artistic and expressive realm of women's lives. Topics include life-cycle rituals, religion, healing, verbal arts, crafts, and music. Silverman. ANTH 326 Caribbean Societies. Explores the legacy of processes that formed Caribbean culture--migration, slavery, and trade--in religious, popular, and scholarly contexts. Scher. ANTH 411/511 Politics, Ethnicity, Nationalism. Explores relationships between ethnicity, politics, and nationalism from historical and anthropological perspectives. Addresses the way nationalism and ethnic identity construct and reproduce each other. Scher. ANTH 419/519 Performance, Politics and Folklore. Aesthetic, political, economic, and social dimensions of cultural performances examined in museums, heritage displays, folklore festivals, community celebrations, and tourist destinations. Silverman. ANTH 429/529 Jewish Folklore and Ethnology. Traditional Expressive culture of East European Jews; includes narrative, proverbs, jokes, folk beliefs, rituals, holidays, food, customs, music, gender, and immigrant folklore in the United states. Silverman. ANTH 439/539 Feminism and Ethnography. Uses current literature to explore the relationship between feminism, postmodernism, and ethnography. Investigates reflexivity, subjectivity, multiple voicings, and the politics of fieldwork, and the text. Silverman. ANTH 493/593 Anthropology and Popular Culture. Offers insight into the conditions of the reproduction of social relations through the analysis of film, sport, television, advertising, folklore, fashion, and festivals. Scher. Folklore Courses in the English Department ENG 250 Introduction to Folklore. Gilman, Sherman, Wojcik. ENG 255 Folklore and US Popular Culture. Introduces students to the theories and methods used in the study of folklore and popular culture; examines a diversity of approaches to the description and analysis of "common culture," including popular narratives, legends, rituals, ethnic and gender stereotypes, carnivalesque events, fan cultures, subcultures, DIY, and the commodification of youth culture. Special focus on the ways that folklore and popular culture reflect and shape dominant ideologies, and how people may use mass cultural products to create new, personal, and sometimes subversive meanings. Wojcik. ENG 482/582 Studies in Mythology. Survey of comparative mythologies of many cultures through time, with attention to world views, theoretical schools of interpretation, and myth in literature. Sherman, Wojcik. ENG 484/584 American Folklore. Introduces students to the methods, research questions, and theoretical orientations used in the study of American folklore and vernacular culture. The course is organized to reflect particular topics and areas of research that have preoccupied American folklorists, such as the relationship of folklore to historical periods, cultural experiences, social identities, gender, and ethnicity. We will survey the folk groups and folklore genres that American folklorists have singled out for special attention, and consider the changing conceptions of "folk" and "lore" underlying their research. Throughout the course we will examine the ways that legends, beliefs, rituals, jokes, speech, festivals, folk art, and material culture relate to a diversity of social groups in the United States. Students will learn how to recognize and appreciate folklore in their daily lives, and be given the tools and opportunity to document and interpret it. Gilman, Sherman, Wojcik. ENG 487/587 American Popular Literature and Culture. Surveys cultural aesthetics reflected in historical romances, dime novels, detective fiction, westerns, and new journalism as expressions of popular and folk culture and the American experience. Sherman. ENG 680 Folklore: [Topic]. Intensive study of selected topics in folklore. Recent offerings include Topics in Folk Art, Film and Folklore Fieldwork. Dugaw, Gilman, Sherman, Wojcik.
Anthropology * Architecture * Art History * Arts and Administration *Asian Studies * Chinese Studies * Classics * Dance * East Asian Language and Literature * English * Ethnic Studies * Geography * German Studies * History * Historic Preservation * Humanities Program * International Studies * Japanese Studies * Journalism and Communication * Judaic Studies * Landscape Architecture * Linguistics * Music * Political Science * Religious Studies * Romance Languages * Scandinavian Studies * Sociology * Theatre Arts * Women's and Gender Studies
The following list presents courses that may be of interest to students in the Folklore Program. Students are encouraged to explore additional folklore-related courses at the University of Oregon in these and other departments.
Native North Americans (ANTH 320) The Americas: Indigenous Perspectives (ANTH 325) Culture and Psychology (ANTH 413/513) Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology (ANTH 417) Culture, Illness, and Healing (ANTH 420/520) Anthropology of Gender (ANTH 421/521) Approaches to the Symbolic (ANTH 435/535)
Vernacular Building (ARCH 434/534)
Critical Approaches to Art-Historical Study (ARH 300) Museology (ARH 411/511)
Art and Human Values (AAD 250) Arts Program Theory (AAD 422/522) Conference Management (AAD 424/524) Museum Education (AAD 429/529) Youth Arts Curriculum and Methods (AAD 430/530) Art in Society (AAD 450/550) Community Cultural Development (AAD 451/551) Arts Administration (AAD 460/560) Cultural Policy in Art (AAD 462/562) Marketing the Arts (AAD 465/565)
Perspectives on Asian Studies: [Topic] (ASIA 611) Issues in Asian Studies: [Topic] (ASIA 612)
Introduction to Chinese Film (CHN 151) Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture (CHN 152) Gender and Sexuality in Traditional Chinese Literature (CHN 350) Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese Literature (CHN 351) Self and Society in Traditional Chinese Literature (CHN 380) Chinese Film and Theory (CHN 452/552)
Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity (CLAS 314)
Dance and Folk Culture (DAN 301)
East Asian Language and Literature China: A Cultural Odyssey (EALL 210) Japan: A Cultural Odyssey (EALL 211)
Women Writer's Cultures: [Topic] (ENG 315) Comparative Ethnic American Literatures (ENG 364) The Age of Beowulf (ENG 423) Race and Representaton in Film: [Topic] (ENG 488/588) Feminist Film Criticism (ENG 496/596) Feminist Literary Theory (ENG 497/597)
Women of Color: Issues and Concerns (ES 330) Racial Formation and Performance (ES 340) Race and Ethnicity and the Law: [Topic] (ES 452/552) History of Native American Education (ES 456/556) Theories of Race and Ethnicity (ES 498)
Geography of Globalization (GEOG 342) Culture, Society, and Place (GEOG 343) Political Geography (GROG 441) Urban Geography (GEOG 442/542) Culture, Ethnicity, and Nationalism (GEOG 445/545) Geography of Religion (GEOG 446) North American Cultural Landscapes (GEOG 471/571)
German Cinema: History, Theory, Practice (GER 355) German Fairy Tales (GER 356) The German fairy tale in historical, cross-cultural, and theoretical context, from the Brothers Grimm and romantic tales to adaptations by Tchaikovsky and Sendak. Ostmeier. German Culture and Society: [Topic] (GER 440/540)
African American History (HIST 250, 251) Precolonial Africa (HIST 325) Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (HIST 326) The American West (HIST 466/566, 467/567) American Indian History (HIST 469/569) American Environmental History: [Topic] (HIST 473/573) Latin America's Indian Peoples (HIST 482/582) Medicine and Society in Premodern Japan (HIST 491/591) Japanese Popular Culture (HIST 499)
Building Construction History (AAAP 410/510) Introduction to Historic Preservation (AAAP 411/511) Fundamentals of Historic Preservation (AAAP 413/516) Historic Survey and Inventory Methodology (451/551)
Food in Chinese Culture (HUM 399)
Africa Today (INTL 345) Gender and International Development (INTL 421) World Value Systems (INTL 430) Childhood in Cross-Cultural Perspective (INTL 433/533) Cross-Cultural Communication (INTL 431/531) Indigenous Cultural Survival (INTL 432/532) Comparative "Tribalisms" (INTL 447/547)
Gender in Japanese Literature and Film (JPN 407/507) Tokyo Cyberpunk (JPN 410/510)
Introduction to Communications Studies (J314) Women, Minorities, and Media (J320) Television Field Production (J 331) Communication Theory and Criticism (J 388) International Communication (J 396) Issues in Communication Studies: [Topic] (J 412/512) Communication Studies Capstone (J 413) Survey of the Documentary (J 416/516) Communication and Democracy (J 418/518) Documentary Television Production (J 421/521) Communication Ethics: [Topic] (J 496/596) Qualitative Research Methods (J 641) Cultural Approaches to Communication (J 648)
American Jewish Cultures (JDST 330)
Contemporary American Landscape (LA 375)
Special Studies: Language Issues in International Studies (LING 399)
Popular Musics in the African Diaspora (MUS 200/522) Popular Musics in a Global Context (MUS 250) Celtic Music (MUS 357) Music in World Cultures (MUS 358) Music of the Americas (MUS 359) East European Folk Ensemble (MUS 390/690) Celtic Ensemble (MUS 394/694) Interface Between Oral & Written American Music (MUS 407/507) Seminar on Local Music Fieldwork (MUS 407/507) Introduction to Ethnomusicology (MUS 451/551) Musical Instruments of the World (MUS 452/552) Folk Music of the Balkans (MUS 453/553) Music of India (MUS 454/554)
Art and the State (PS 301)
Chinese Religions (REL 302) Japanese Religions (REL 303)
Survey of Spanish American Literature (SPAN 318, 319) Hispanic Culture and Civilization (SPAN 361, 363) US Latino Literature (SPAN 328) Revolution & Development in Mexico (SPAN 490/590) Testamonia in Latin America (SPAN 623)
Vikings through the Icelandic Sagas (SCAN 259) Cinematic Traditions in Scandinavia (SCAN 315) Emergence of Nordic Cultures and Society (SCAN 340)
Introduction to Social Psychology (SOC 328) Race, Class, and Ethnic Groups (SOC 345) Sociology of Race Relations (SOC 445/545) Sociology of Religion (SOC 461/561) Systems of War and Peace (SOC 464)
Multicultural Theater (TA 472/572)
Feminist Perspectives: Identity, Race, Culture (WGS 321) Women's Literature, Art, and Society (WGS 352) Techno-Sex and Cyborg Babies (WGS 415/515) Advanced Feminist Theory: [Topic] (WGS 415/515) Lesbian and Gay Studies: [Topic] (WGS 422/522) Global Feminisms (WGS 431/531)
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