Folklor/Edebiyat-Folklore/Literature
Scope & Guideline
Exploring Traditions: Where Folklore Meets Literary Innovation
Introduction
Aims and Scopes
- Folklore Studies:
The journal emphasizes the documentation, analysis, and interpretation of folklore across different cultures, focusing on oral traditions, myths, legends, and rituals. - Literary Analysis:
It explores the relationship between folklore and literature, examining how traditional narratives inform and shape literary works, and vice versa. - Cultural Ecology and Social Context:
Research often integrates ecological perspectives and social contexts, analyzing how folklore and literature reflect and influence societal norms, values, and environmental issues. - Interdisciplinary Approaches:
The journal encourages interdisciplinary methodologies, incorporating insights from sociology, anthropology, history, and cultural studies to enrich folklore and literary analysis. - Gender and Identity Studies:
A significant focus on gender roles, identity formation, and representation in folklore and literature, addressing how these narratives construct and challenge societal views. - Cultural Heritage and Preservation:
The journal highlights the importance of cultural heritage, advocating for the preservation and revitalization of traditional practices and narratives in contemporary settings.
Trending and Emerging
- Ecocriticism and Environmental Narratives:
A rising trend in examining folklore and literature through ecocritical lenses, addressing environmental issues and the relationship between culture and nature. - Digital Folklore and Media Studies:
Increased interest in how folklore manifests in digital spaces, including social media and online communities, reflecting contemporary cultural dynamics. - Posthumanism and Non-Anthropocentric Perspectives:
Emerging themes that challenge anthropocentric views in literature and folklore, exploring connections between humans and non-human entities. - Migration and Transnational Narratives:
A growing focus on migration experiences and transnational identities in folklore and literature, reflecting global movements and cultural exchanges. - Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies:
An emphasis on integrating diverse academic disciplines, combining folklore studies with sociology, anthropology, psychology, and cultural theory to provide richer analyses. - Critical Gender Studies:
An expanding body of work exploring gender identities and roles within folklore and literature, emphasizing intersectionality and representation.
Declining or Waning
- Traditional Folklore Forms:
Research on conventional folklore forms such as folk songs, dances, and tales has diminished, possibly reflecting a shift towards contemporary or hybrid forms of cultural expression. - Historical Folklore Studies:
There appears to be a waning interest in purely historical analyses of folklore, as recent publications lean more towards contemporary issues and applications rather than historical contexts. - Regional Specificity:
Papers focusing on specific regional folklore traditions have decreased, suggesting a trend towards broader, more global analyses rather than localized studies. - Static Cultural Representations:
The exploration of folklore as static cultural representations has declined. There is a growing preference for dynamic interpretations that engage with evolving cultural practices. - Academic Formalism:
There is a noticeable decrease in works that adhere strictly to formalist literary criticism of folklore, with a shift towards more contextual and thematic analyses.
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