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Folklore Courses Spring 2010 (Check back often--courses aren't officially announced yet)


Instructor Course name and ID
SW. Anand Prahlad On Research Leave 2009/2010 Academic Year
ELAINE LAWLESS 8700: Traditional Belief and Religion
JOHN FOLEY 8200: Beowulf Seminar
Joanna Hearne 3110: History of Documentary Film; 8001: Introduction to Film Research and Pedagogy
CHIP CALLAHAN Religious Studies 4210/7810 and African American Studies 4210: African American Religion(s)
Heather Carver TBA
Bob Baum TBA


What's shaking for Fall 2009:

On tap for Fall 2010 (under construction)

  • English 4770/7770: Oral Tradition taught by John Miles Foley
  • English 8700: Studies in Folklore (topic TBA) taught by Anand Prahlad

 

 

Folklore Courses at Mizzou


Class ID Course name
1700 Introduction to Folklore Genres (Fall)
2700 Introduction to Fieldwork Methods (Spring)
3700 American Folklore (Topic changes)
4700/7700 Special Themes in Folklore (topic changes)
4710/7710 Themes in Africana Folklore (topic changes)
4770/7770 Oral Tradition
4780/7780 Women’s Folklore and Feminist Theory (topic changes)
8700 Studies in Folklore. Topics include:
  • Folklore and the Fetish
  • Folklore and Literature
  • Folklore and Postcolonial Theory
  • Ethnographic Writing
  • Performance
  • The Politics of Folk Humor
8770 Studies in Oral Tradition. Topics include:
  • Oral Tradition and Information Technology
  • Oral Tradition



In addition, Associated and Adjunct faculty of the Folklore Program teach many courses outside the department in areas like rural sociology, religion, art history, theater, English, Hispanic studies, black studies, linguistics, creative non-fiction, and romance languages and literature.





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