AustLit
Texts
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y The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore Gwenda Beed Davey (editor), Graham Seal (editor), South Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z128577 1993 reference criticism bibliography (taught in 1 units)
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y The Hidden Culture : Folklore in Australian Society Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1989 Z197517 1989 single work criticism (taught in 3 units)
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y A Guide to Australian Folklore: From Ned Kelly to Aeroplane Jelly East Roseville : Kangaroo Press , 2003 Z1043949 2003 reference (taught in 1 units)
Degrees
Description
The unit will cover the following general topics, with both some theory and also analysis of the field as it may apply to Australia: folk and lore; folk and the past; Australian folk speech; customs inherited from the UK and those practised here; folklore and the present; folklore and the family; folklore and women; the folklore of childhood and of youth; folklore and work; the folklore of war; modern legends/'contemporary' legends; the role of modern media in the transmission of this material.
Assessment
Assessment Notes 25%; Essay (1250-1300 words) 25%; Final Examination 50%.
Supplementary Texts
The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore
A Guide to Australian Folklore
Other Details
Offered in even numbered years.
Offered in:
2010, 2008
Current Campus:
Off Campus
Levels:
Undergraduate
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