Slavic Folklore: Origins, Influences, and River Theories - Prof. Olga Thomason, Study notes of Linguistics

Download Slavic Folklore: Origins, Influences, and River Theories - Prof. Olga Thomason and more Study notes Linguistics in PDF only on Docsity! Easily forgotteni. Must be passed frequentlyii. To fix the context (time, place, audience)1) Make changesiii. Orala. The political power uses what is in the tales and creates a base for political stancei. Very effectiveii. Politicsb. Positive: unificationi. Can be 50/50 or total loss1) Negative: lose traditions and beliefsii. Globalizationc. Has to define the nationality/identityA. (Slovo 'word': people who speak your language)i. (Nemets 'not' 'understand': German)ii. Slovo 'word'iii. Ironic because they had no freedom1) Slobo 'freedom'iv. What does Slavic mean?a. Collected all the stories1) Grimm's Brothersi. Early 19th centuryb. Slavs did not exist until 500 ADi. Southern Belarus 1) Northern Ukraine2) 2 regions (above the Black Sea)ii. Earliest chronicle is 1111 AD1) Place names, burial types, languagea) Evidence of existence2) Slavs do not have their own chroniclesiii. Who are they where are they from?c. Romaniansi. Ukrainians ii. Pushed the Slavs from the west with constant attacking1) Germanic Tribesiii. Pushed from the South1) Tartarsiv. Pushed from the east1) Hungarians v. Who talks about Slavsd. SlavicB. Dnieperi. Vistlaii. Oderiii. Danubeiv. Riversa. Vistla-Oder theoryi. 4 camps (Slav origins)b. Slav Locations (5 theories)C. What is Folklore Friday, January 14, 2011 10:07 PM Slavic Folklore Page 1