美国的民俗American-folklore
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. Conclusion
Ⅰ. Definitions
• What is folklore?
• Folklore is a collection of all mental frameworks, rules, categories, and patterns that a particular group of people have collected and passed along from generation to generation.
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
• (3) Beliefs that often take the form of “If A, then B, unless C”
• For example, if you break a mirror (A), then you will have seven years of bad luck (B), unless you get all the pieces and throw them in running water (C)
• According to one dictionary definition, traditions are also the force that is exerted by the past upon the present.
Examples of American Folklore
About Love and Marriage
• Folklore can take many forms, songs, stories, arts, and proverbs…among which superstitions, customs, and traditions are the only way that folklore is expressed in the lives of ordinary people.
(1) Superstitions About Finding Love
• If you wear red and yellow, you will catch a fellow. • If you see a falling star, you will soon be kissed. • You will be married soon if you meet a friend who
American folklore
(Superstition, Customs, Tradition)
美国民俗—迷信、习俗、传统
.Definitions—folklore, superstition, customs, tradition
. Typical Examples of American Folklore
• Across north America, people are fascinated by romance. Our attraction to the opposite sex is one of most powerful and often unpredictable forces in our lives. Folklore seeks ways to make this nearly universal experience more manageable. It gives clues about how to determine just who the true love is; and it provides people with assurance that the right person really is out there.
What is superstition?
• The word “superstition” often implies ignorance and foolishness.
• (1) Folklore beliefs • (2) Concepts involving “beliefs,
practices, and procedures based upon conscious or unconscious assumptions, usually concerned with the nature of cause and effect”.
What are customs and traditions?
• Customs and traditions are also expressions of folklore.
• They are behaviors that may be related to superstition or other belief structures.
• Customs are actions that are repeated over and over; they are the things an individual or a particular group of people is accustomed to doing.
• Tradition is a similar concept to custom. It refers to beliefs, knowledge, and customs that are handed on from generation to generation.
does not recognize you. • If you drop a spoon, you will soon find your
beloved one. • If you kiss the turned-up hem of your dress, you
will get a new sweetheart.
(2)Superstitions About Future Mate
• It’s not easy to decide who to love and marry. Sometimes, especially for young girls, it’s even more difficult to believe that they will ever marry at all. Various superstitions from North America are designed to assure young people that their future mate is out there; and provide them with some clues about that person’s nature.
Ⅰ. Definitions
• What is folklore?
• Folklore is a collection of all mental frameworks, rules, categories, and patterns that a particular group of people have collected and passed along from generation to generation.
Βιβλιοθήκη Baidu
• (3) Beliefs that often take the form of “If A, then B, unless C”
• For example, if you break a mirror (A), then you will have seven years of bad luck (B), unless you get all the pieces and throw them in running water (C)
• According to one dictionary definition, traditions are also the force that is exerted by the past upon the present.
Examples of American Folklore
About Love and Marriage
• Folklore can take many forms, songs, stories, arts, and proverbs…among which superstitions, customs, and traditions are the only way that folklore is expressed in the lives of ordinary people.
(1) Superstitions About Finding Love
• If you wear red and yellow, you will catch a fellow. • If you see a falling star, you will soon be kissed. • You will be married soon if you meet a friend who
American folklore
(Superstition, Customs, Tradition)
美国民俗—迷信、习俗、传统
.Definitions—folklore, superstition, customs, tradition
. Typical Examples of American Folklore
• Across north America, people are fascinated by romance. Our attraction to the opposite sex is one of most powerful and often unpredictable forces in our lives. Folklore seeks ways to make this nearly universal experience more manageable. It gives clues about how to determine just who the true love is; and it provides people with assurance that the right person really is out there.
What is superstition?
• The word “superstition” often implies ignorance and foolishness.
• (1) Folklore beliefs • (2) Concepts involving “beliefs,
practices, and procedures based upon conscious or unconscious assumptions, usually concerned with the nature of cause and effect”.
What are customs and traditions?
• Customs and traditions are also expressions of folklore.
• They are behaviors that may be related to superstition or other belief structures.
• Customs are actions that are repeated over and over; they are the things an individual or a particular group of people is accustomed to doing.
• Tradition is a similar concept to custom. It refers to beliefs, knowledge, and customs that are handed on from generation to generation.
does not recognize you. • If you drop a spoon, you will soon find your
beloved one. • If you kiss the turned-up hem of your dress, you
will get a new sweetheart.
(2)Superstitions About Future Mate
• It’s not easy to decide who to love and marry. Sometimes, especially for young girls, it’s even more difficult to believe that they will ever marry at all. Various superstitions from North America are designed to assure young people that their future mate is out there; and provide them with some clues about that person’s nature.