Influence Of Folklore Research Articles

FOLKLORE BASES OF ALASH LITERATURE

The object of the study in this article was to consider the influence of folklore on the development of new Kazakh literature of the early twentieth century. The formation of new Kazakh literature fell on a difficult period of change and upheaval. A significant part of the works of the national intelligentsia was associated with the development of national literature, literary criticism and folklore studies. In particular, the myth of Alash was laid in the political platform of the Alash movement. At the same time, not to mention their initial research of Alash figures in folklore, their use in folklore literature as a source material in the development of the plot of the work, the creation of character images is studied, it was used in making ideological decisions and also as an ideological means of influencing the masses, which are compared with the work of writers of the Soviet direction. The works of an outstanding representative of national literature, the writer of Alash - M. Zhumabayev were used as analytical material. Attention is drawn to his use of folklore material in his work. What spiritual values did he adhere to and popularize them using folklore heritage for artistic purposes. During the study, attention is drawn to the trends in the use of folklore in other areas of literature. The main attention is paid to the issues of the place of folklore material in the continuity of traditions and the popularization of the idea of independence, its use in expressing the author's position, on the basis of which the results are revealed and the corresponding conclusions are made on the study.

VISUAL AND ARTISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRAGEDY "NAJMIDDIN KUBRO" (ABOUT THE TRAGEDY OF AMON MATJON)

This article focuses on the bright examples of innovation and tradition in the tragedy "Najmiddin Kubro" by Amon Matjon. It is shown through analysis that along with the work of Alisher Navoi and the influence of folklore, the original image, plot and expressions of the poet are sufficiently manifested.Historical works of Amon Matjon can provide important facts and conclusions for studying the issue of historical interpretation in dramaturgy. In it, the poet tries to maintain a balance between historical reality and creative freedom. It was impossible not to reflect the spirit, ideology, and views of the time in the poet's historical works. At the same time, attention is paid to the fact that the artist was able to place his important socio-political thoughts and, importantly, opinions that are completelycontrary to the environment of his time, in the lines that reflect the ideology of the time and are adapted to it.

MITRUSH KUTELI SI RRËFIMTAR DHE TRANSFORMIMET ZHANRORE

The influence of folklore in literature is not a new or unknown phenomenon, nor has it been so for Albanian writers between the two World Wars. Mitrush Kuteli is known as one of the first founders of Albanian prose of modernism, but at the same time, he is also known as a master storyteller who transcends genre structures and reintroduces popular motifs in the form of literary invariants. We say in the form of literary invariants because despite the literary processing he undertakes, the essence of folk ballads, songs, and tales remains unchanged, preserving even the unmotivated compositional ruptures and filling them with authorial artistic interventions such as descriptions, phraseologies, parodies, etc. However, we do not see attempts at alienating subjects and hypertextual transformations, which implies that Kuteli’s aim was the actualization of folk literature with fidelity to compositional construction, character functions, narrative balances, and the fundamental ideas of the processed material.

The Influence of Folklore in the Formation of Local Cultural Values: A Phenomenological Approach

Folklore has become an integral part of a society's cultural heritage. This study aims to explore the influence of folklore in the formation of local cultural values using a phenomenological approach. The research method used was interviews and data analysis. The data collected was analyzed using a phenomenological approach to understand the subjective experiences of individuals in understanding and responding to folklore. The results showed that folklore has a significant role in shaping local cultural values. Respondents revealed that folklore is not only a medium to convey these values, but also an integral part of cultural identity. The diversity of folklore reflects the diversity of cultural values in the community. In addition, this study highlights the role of the individual in interpreting folklore. Individual subjective experiences play an important role in how folktales are understood and internalized. Contextual factors such as oral traditions, cultural rituals and social structures also influence the way folktales are conveyed and received by the community. Implications of this research include the importance of understanding the role of folklore in the education of local cultural values and in cultural heritage preservation efforts. With a better understanding of the influence of folklore, more effective educational programs and more targeted cultural preservation efforts can be designed.

Mythological Images and Their Interpretations in Jewish Art of Eastern Galicia, 18th – 19th Century

This study analyzes the mythological representations of sea creatures, the hippocampus, and the Leviathan in the Jewish art of Eastern Galicia. It identifies the formation of a distinctive symbolic and sign system within Jewish art, serving as a means to convey fundamental religious and philosophical principles. The prohibition of anthropomorphic depictions contributed to the development of an entire cycle of animalistic and botanical images, illustrating the diaspora Jews' conceptualizations of the Land of Israel, the Jerusalem Temple, the Gardens of Eden, the commandments of the Torah, and the Talmud. Based on the study of artworks, including preserved illustrations from the destroyed synagogues in Khodoriv and Hvizdets during the Holocaust, as well as ritual objects such as Torah shields, Torah reading pointers, Hanukkah lamps, and the decoration of tombstones-matzevot, it has been established that Jewish art developed its own program of ornamentation and the use of symbols and signs. The features of the iconography of mythical sea creatures have been identified. It is emphasized that the traditional representation of the hippocampus as a creature with the body of half horse and half fish in Jewish art monuments was replaced by depictions of a creature with the body of half goat and half fish, or half lion and half fish. Such transformations can be explained by the influence of folklore and the reinterpretation of folk art. The symbolism of the hippocampus is associated with perceptions of the sea that surrounds the Land of Israel and serves as a metaphor for the transition to another, beautiful, paradisiacal world. The iconography of the depiction of the Leviathan is also connected to its symbolism. The Leviathan coiled in a ring is a traditional symbol of anticipation of messianic times, and the Leviathan coiled around a city or specific structures embodies the concept of the temple, alluding to a sacred space, as the skin of the mythical creature will be used for the tent of the righteous. Representations of the hippocampus and Leviathan on tombstones-matzevot embody the idea of anticipating messianic times and resurrection. The exploration of symbolism in Jewish representational and decorative art provides insight into the traditional Jewish culture of Eastern Galicia.

Folklore Basis of Three Late Tang Period Stories About the Intrusion into Another’s Dream

The article aims to explore alleged folklore basis of three Chinese chuanqi tales about a husband's intrusion into his wife's dream written during the middle-late Tang period, namely, the first episode of “A Record of Three Dreams” by Bai Xingjian, “Student Zhang” by Li Mei, and “Dugu Xiashu” by Xue Yusi. The psychologism inherent in these stories masks their closeness to folklore and literature tales about supernatural or uncommon road encounters. The use of Chinese and foreign comparative material allows us to show that these stories originate in belief in the night feasts of spirits and in the possibility of humans participating in those feasts. Two of the three tales, “Student Zhang” and “Dugu Xiashu”, also contain the international motif of a musician engaged to entertain spirits or devils during their night revels. All three chuanqi are based on a fairy-tale concept of rescuing a spouse: by interrupting his wife’s sleep, the hero thus saves her from spirit possession that could end badly for her. It is possible to conclude that the international tale type of the three tales about a husband's intrusion into his wife's dream come, in some respects, closest to is “The Danced-out Shoes”. About a dozen Chinese narratives of the 8th – 10th centuries in the centre of which is the participation of a woman in the night feasts of spirits including even Daoist immortals, which should be assigned to the same group. Such plots, which have no close analogues in previous and subsequent Chinese tradition, most likely owe their appearance to the influence of folklore and beliefs of the Iranian peoples.

The Life of the River Coastal Community and Folklore around the Kapuas River of Kapuas District of Sanggau Regency

This study discussed the topic of folklore that exists in society and the relevance of folklore which from time to time had been increasingly changing and changing its function and role in society making research on folklore that exists today very interesting to study. In modern society, the role of folklore was no longer the same as its role in the past. The life of coastal communities was the place where this research focused, looking at some of the folklore that exists in the lives of coastal communities in the Kapuas District of Sanggau Regency and examining how the relationship and influence of folklore and people's lives today. The results of this study showed that it turned out that folklore, which used to have several social roles in today's society in modern times, had played a small role, the occurrence of this was not only due to the development of science and technology as well as the tendency of logical thinking that existed in society, but also because of the generational change factor which finally broke the oral tradition in the spread of existing folklore. So folklore was only regarded as mere fairytale and myth and was almost seldom seen as its intrinsic value and meaning for social life.

Фольклорная и патриотическая тематика в советских джазовых композициях 60–70-х годов ХХ в.

This article examines the influence of folklore on the works of Soviet jazz composers. Musicians, ensembles and jazz orchestras of various republics of the former USSR actively introduced into their repertoire both arrangements of folk songs and original pieces with a national flavor. An outsize proportion of improvisations in these compositions gave an extraordinary appeal to this music. Also, the article mentions the popularization of famous military songs by jazz bands and singers during the Second World War. Many famous world stars also replenished their repertoire with Russian melodies. Since the 50s, Russian composers have been paying increasing attention to the creation of plays with a folklore flavor. Such pieces bring popularity to jazz groups. This is facilitated by the development of the jazz festival movement in Moscow, Leningrad and the capitals of the Union republics. In conclusion, about the influence of folklore themes on the formation of the creativity of modern jazz performers.

КОНЦЕПТ LAW / ЗАКОН В АНГЛИЙСКОЙ И УКРАИНСКОЙ ЛИНГВОКУЛЬТУРАХ

The article focuses on the study of the concept LAW / ЗАКОН in the English and Ukrainian linguacultures. The verbal representation of the concept LAW / ЗАКОН has been analyzed from a diachronic perspective. The system of semantic changes affecting the emergence of modern English and Ukrainian legal terminology has been reconstructed. The basic archetypes of the Anglo-Saxon and Ukrainian legal cultures have been detected. The comparative analysis of paremiological representation of the concept LAW / ЗАКОН in the English and Ukrainian languages has been conducted. The universal and national specific conceptions of the Anglo-Saxon and Ukrainian ethnoses of the phenomenon of law have been revealed. The influence of folklore on the development of legal thinking of the Anglo-Saxons and Ukrainians has been described.

The originality of national identity in the creativity of the Dniprova Chaika (from past to present)

The article reveals the essence of national identity in the work of the Dniprova Chaika, as well as the reasons and factors under the influence of which the basic components of the national identity of the writer were fored. This study aims to reveal the author's position on the awareness of national and ethnic affiliation, attitude to the history and culture of their national and ethnic community, patriotic feelings and patriotic self-consciousness. Priority values, views, beliefs of the writer are demonstrated in various fields of activity such as cultural, artistic, socio-political and literary, which contributed to a comprehensive coverage of the problem. The analysis of the author's diverse genre heritage is carried out in line with the creation of the national specifics of Ukrainian literature of the late XIX — early XX centuries. The attention is focused on identifying the most characteristic features of the Ukrainian ethnos: mentality, national character, ethnopsychological features. The influence of folklore on the literary heritage of the writer, which is one of the key features of the cultural identity of Ukrainians, is analyzed. The systematic comparative analysis of works made it possible to identify national-specific features that determine the national identity of Ukrainian literature, as well the works of Dniprova Chaika in particular.

Reading Strategies in Academic Communication (Based on the Harry Potter Series)

This article considers the correlation between reading strategies and peculiarities of academic discourse. Special attention is paid to the upbringing-educational potential of teaching English on the basis of selected materials, namely the seven-book series “Harry Potter” by Joan K. Rowling. The paper discusses a number of ways of sustaining the communicative focus of teaching a foreign language through the prism of a potential reading strategy. It is proved that the series authored by Joan K. Rowling is filled with modern lexical and phraseological means. Texts about Hogwarts magic and spells are exemplary among the works of modern English literary language, because it contains a wide range of thematic material of an instructive nature, which greatly contributes to both teaching and performing basic activities such as reading, speaking, writing, as well as critical thinking, text analysis and the formation of moral values. The study mentions multiculturalism in order to help students master the concept, as well as to realize that each unit of cultural diversity has the right and freedom to exist and respect it. The authors proved that Potterian material is rich in instructiveness and contains such topics as the influence of folklore on modern culture, multicultural manifestations, issues of freedom and slavery, raising “problem children” or interaction with non-biological parents and others. Specific techniques and strategies that are most appropriate for the treatment of the above topics are proposed. These can be text analysis, investigation and comparison of book’s world and modern life, as well as critical thinking. It is seen that effective communication is dialogue and group discussion, the amount of oral and written speech which must be balanced with quality.

The Influence of Folklore on the Cultivated Albanian Music of the XX Century

Folklore is one of the components and transmitters of a nation's national identity and its spiritual heritage. The great folkloric wealth of Albanian people shows its antiquity and creative genius. As the first creation of folklore, it is the basis for the creation and continuous functioning of other cultivated arts, such as: music, literature, choreography or other visual arts. Albanian folklore also represents a vital, early, stable and rich tradition. It is not a memory of the past, but it is alive and full of life and day by day it comes and is practiced articulated emotionally, developing, enriching and growing together with the Albanian people themselves, despite the many changes that are noticed in the realities of Albanian folklore in general. Through folklore, our people over the centuries manifested outstanding talent, spiritual expressive potential, great promotional skills. Albanian folk music tradition is generally an oral tradition based on the memory of the people; she did not feel the need for writing because she was born, spread and selected to live word of mouth and generation after generation, adapting to the needs and requirements of life.

Influence of folklore on the poetics of poetry works by Sydor Vorobkevych

Influence of folklore on the poetics of poetry works by Sydor Vorobkevych

Прецедентті есімдер: фольклордың ықпалы және әлем мәдени кеңістігіндегі орны (неміс тілі материалы негізінде)

Прецедентті есімдер: фольклордың ықпалы және әлем мәдени кеңістігіндегі орны (неміс тілі материалы негізінде)

Application of Ivan Galamian Principles for Violin Learning through Malaysian Folk Tunes

Early instruction in music is connected with the understanding of one's own culture. Kodaly associates it with a sense of belonging or a so-called ‘mother-tongue’ language. In the modern world, the influence of media threatens the sustainability of folk music heritage. To counter the influx of foreign culture into Malaysian violin beginners’ instruction there must be books based on profound teaching systems using traditional tunes made available. The music preferences and taste acquisition of a violin beginner are formed under the influence of folklore and composed music, which is foreign to the Malaysian violin students whereas popular traditional tunes are not reflected in the violin repertoire of those method books. The product of the research conducted at Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris was aimed at meeting the demands of the Malaysian violin teachers in terms of techniques as well as to serve as an agent for the sustainability of Malaysian folk heritage. Galamian’s violin method made the biggest impact on modern violin pedagogy. This paper expounds on methods of applying Galamian’s approaches through the selection and utilization of Malaysian folk songs as resource materials for the mentioned methodology as well as the interdisciplinary process of creating a violin method book.

THE PSYCHO-LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF FAIRY TAILS’ SUGGESTIVE INFLUENCE ON THE CHILD’S LIFE SCENARIO

The study considers methods and instruments of suggestive influence on a person and some aspects of children’s life scenario development. The author puts forward the hypothesis about suggestive mechanism as a key element in addressing the effective correction of the child's personality under the conditions of parental negative life scenario formation. The article formulates the definition of the mechanism of suggestive influence of folklore on the child’s personality, describes psychological and linguistic aspects of fairy tails’ suggestive effect. In terms of linguistic aspect, modality, semantic and communicative features of the text are described on the example of subscenario – the magic plot. It is concluded that the leading role in suggestive influence on children's perception belongs to the parental assessment of the folklore. This factor is accepted as a key one for the process of child’s personality development. Based on the analysis of the role of psycho-linguistic suggestive influence of fairy tales on the development of children, the author emphasizes that the better effect can be achieved if scientific methods of personal development correction are cultivated and expanded in preschool institutions and children’s parents are better educated.

Human attitudes towards herpetofauna: The influence of folklore and negative values on the conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Portugal

BackgroundHuman values and folklore of wildlife strongly influence the effectiveness of conservation efforts. These values and folklore may also vary with certain demographic characteristics such as gender, age, or education. Reptiles and amphibians are among the least appreciated of vertebrates and are victims of many negative values and wrong ideas resulting from the direct interpretation of folklore. We try to demonstrate how these values and folklore can affect the way people relate to them and also the possible conservation impacts on these animals.MethodsA questionnaire survey distributed to 514 people in the district of Évora, Portugal, was used to obtain data regarding the hypothesis that the existence of wrong ideas and negative values contributes to the phenomenon of human-associated persecution of these animals. A structural equation model was specified in order to confirm the hypothesis about the possible relationships between the presence of perceptions and negative values about amphibians and reptiles and persecution and anti-conservation attitudes. Sociodemographic variables were also added.ResultsThe results of the model suggest that the presence of folklore and negative values clearly predicts persecution and anti-conservation attitudes towards amphibians and reptiles. Also, the existence of folklore varies sociodemographically, but negative values concerning these animals are widespread in the population.ConclusionsWith the use of structural equation models, this work is a contribution to the study of how certain ideas and values can directly influence human attitudes towards herpetofauna and how they can be a serious conservation issue.

From Poetry to Prose: The Modern Hausa Novel

From Poetry to Prose:The Modern Hausa Novel Joanna Sullivan (bio) It would seem that the first Hausa novel appeared out of thin air. When R. M. East decided in 1933 that not enough reading material existed to promote literacy in the Hausa language, he set out to convince learned scholars, called malams, to create the Hausa novel. To the malams, the idea of fiction, a kind of literature not directly aimed at education or spiritual edification, "seemed very strange," remembers East.1 Fiction belonged to the realm of folktales told by women to children; it ranked only slightly higher than the common lie. Malams, who were long familiar with writing, understood literature as a serious endeavor, used primarily for religious and moral exhortation and instruction. East proposed that the malams refrain from recreating folktales or the historic texts known as labari, yet worried that they had no models to work from. Given such an impossible choice, the malams did indeed turn to the literary models at hand—those of folktales, poetry, and historical non-fiction. Those models had far-reaching influence on what was to become the new genre of Hausa fiction. East's competition resulted in the publication of five short novels. Although longer than folktales and written rather than spoken, four of the first five novels still employed one-dimensional characters such as tricksters and genies who performed in formulaic, tale-type adventures, and early critics despaired that Hausa novels would never break away from the influence of folklore. David Westley, in his analysis of the early novels, decried the form and characterization of Hausa literature as too reliant upon its folkloric underpinnings. Arguing that the episodic form of all the early novels limited the potential for meaning, that the flat, folktale-like characters lacked the rich heritage which supports the oral characters, and that the characters do not achieve the depth of introspection of Western full characters, Westley ultimately [End Page 311] labeled the novels failed imitations of folktales.2 He reserved praise only for Shaihu Umar, which succeeded because "it is the work that distances itself the most from the oral tradition."3 But Shaihu Umar, the one realistic novel, suffered from a different but equally fatal analysis. David Cosentino labeled the story a "literary dead end," as the story effectively created the perfect Muslim, thematically closing the topic to further discussion.4 Yet neither Cosentino nor Westley could foresee the imminent explosion of Hausa novels that began in the late 1970s and continues at a healthy rate today. The publication of perhaps a thousand Hausa novels in the last thirty years has proven those critics wrong in their estimation of Shaihu Umar. Neither understood that while the novel shied from its folkloric antecedents, it closely resembled another kind of oral tradition—that of the long standing craft of poetry. In reality, Shaihu Umar neither distanced itself from the oral tradition, nor did it mark the end of Hausa literature, but rather indicated the future direction of most modern novels. Beginning in the 1970s with Kitsen Rogo, Hausa fiction turned away from its folkloric influence and began to draw upon the historical traditions of both oral and written Hausa poetry. An analysis of a wide cross section of Hausa poetry as compared to three prize-winning novels reveals the similarities and obvious influence the earlier genre of poetry played on the emerging tradition of modern fiction. Describing Hausa poetry, Neil Skinner wrote that "in general, the serious tradition of Hausa poetry and its concern with communal matters prevent the intrusion of much fantasy, except perhaps in a rather secondary role. The poet is concerned that his message be understood by the conscious minds of his listeners."5 As Hausa fiction grew to emulate poetry's more serious concerns, its use of fantasy, the earmark of folklore, faded into the distant past. Following in the tradition of Hausa poetry, the novels became utterly realistic, didactic in intent, serious in tone, and tenaciously political. Modern Hausa fiction had begun to find its own path, yet the connections to its poetic influences blur the genre's lines of self containment. There are two kinds of poetry within Hausa...

Dünya Güzeli: Cavafy’s folkloric Odalisque

AbstractCavafy’s overlooked poem ‘Dünya Güzeli’ reflects the seminal influence of folklore on the early writings of the poet, an influence which significantly shaped the contours of the Cavafy canon. The poem is a sophisticated attempt to synthesize the flourishing discourse of λαογραφία with the fashionable literary and painterly trends of Orientalism. It thus warrants a fuller appreciation as a complex text that documents Cavafy’s emerging craft and anticipates his poetic hybridisation of East and West which finds its fullest expression in Cavafy’s Orientalising Hellenism.

Japanese Rural Sociology before World War II

From 1920's to early 1940's Japanese rural sociology were gradually coming into existence as special sociology with two systematic theories. The two theories were Eitaro Suzuki's 'Shizenson' theory and Kizaemon Ariga's 'Ie-rengo' theory which was mainly researching on 'Dozoku' group. This paper is to discuss how the two theories were influenced in the formative process by agricultural policy, folklore, and American rural sociology, and it is also to deal with what characteristics they came to possess as a result of the influence.Summing up, Suzuki and Ariga were alike in trying to investigate the structure of Japanese rural society with the key concepts of their own inventions. While Suzuki's 'shizenson' theory, whose method accepted the influence of American rural sociology, was chiefly founded on the facts in the rural society in the southwestern part of Japan, on the other hand Ariga's'Ie-rengo' theory, under the enormous influence of folklore, was based upon the study of 'Dozoku' group which had often been observed in the rural society in the northeastern part of Japan, and it was the theory generalizing the hierarchal pattern in social relation, admitting that it was true of the social character of Japanese people.