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ENCO307 Australian Folklore and Folk Speech

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Online level Level A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
08 March 2008 09 March 2008 Optional
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12 cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENCO 207, 407
Notes None
Combined Units ENCO407 - Australian Folklore and Folk Speech
Coordinator(s) John Ryan (jryan@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit will cover the following general topics, with both some theory and also analysis of the field as it may apply to Australia: folk and lore; folk and the past; Australian folk speech; customs inherited from the UK and those practised here; folklore and the present; folklore and the family; folklore and women; the folklore of childhood and of youth; folklore and work; the folklore of war; modern legends/'contemporary' legends; the role of modern media in the transmission of this material.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The Hidden Culture
ISBN: AR533
Seal, G., UNE Reprint 2nd ed.
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text For: Semester 1; Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

The Oxford Companion to Australian Folklore
ISBN: 0195530578
Davey, G.B. and Seal, G.S., OUP 1994
Note: Reference book (available from the Dixson Library, UNE)
Text For: Semester 1; Off Campus
A Guide to Australian Folklore
ISBN: 0731810759
Davey, G.B. and Seal, G.S., Kangaroo Press/Simon and Schuster 1st 2003
Note: Reference book (available from the Dixson Library, UNE)
Text For: Semester 1; Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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