Folklore

General

• Analyze modern allusions to folklore in art, literature, film, architecture, and pop culture ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of selected folklore traditions including their characters, themes, settings, plots, allegorical relationships to history, and general cultural relevance ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the historical and cultural contexts within which selected folklore traditions operate ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Identify and interpret examples of folklore ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Interpret uses of folklore in both ancient and modern culture and in texts that do not declare themselves as folklore ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Perform cross-cultural comparisons of folklore ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.
• Theorize the nature of folklore and its interpretations ¿ at a level consistent with the analytical and expressive complexity and sophistication that are distinctly characteristic of upper-division courses at comprehensive universities.