English 3050: Studies in Folklore

• Course Description
• Assignments
• Course Glossary
• Instructor
• Dell Hymes's SPEAKING model
• Some Theories of Humor
• Tales and Grice's Cooperative Principle
• Local storytelling events

Internet Links

• Links under construction. Our class is trying to develop a set of outside websites containing materials that might support our research and learning.Can you propose some good links? Included below are links referenced in reading assignments.
• American Folklife Center
• Virginia Folklife Program
• Story Sources: Links to texts of folktales arranged by a professional storytellers's group. Some texts are from oral versions; others are written. This site also includes some links to the archives of newsgroups where ghost stories had been discussed.
• Try an Internet search for "folktale" using one of the search engines included in the Web Searches tile on Appalachian's homepage. Hit the Home window on the display.