Academic Catalog

SAN515 FOLKLORE AS PERFORMANCE

Course Code: 8400515
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Social Anthropology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This course introduces students to the discipline of folklore. Students will be provided with different approaches to folklore, particularly folklore as text and folklore as performance. Topics to be covered in the course include tradition, narrative discourse, epics, folk romance, folktales, and shamanism.