folklore AND ethnology
Become a specialist in popular and traditional culture!
The programme is offered mainly in French. Careers after a degree in Folklore include: ethnologist, archivist, artistic director, museum curator, archeologist, art historian, elementary school teacher, editor, tourism guide, and art restorer. For fuller information (in French) about the department of Folklore and Ethnology, click here.
NEWS! - The Centre Franco-ontarien de Folklore Returns to the University of Sudbury
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FACULTY |
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| Director, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR |
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| Marcel Bénéteau | B.A. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Laval) | |||
| LECTURERS | ||||
| Lucie Beaupré | B.A., EAO, B.Éd. (Laurentienne) | |||
| Diane Brazeau | B.A., M.A. (Laval) | |||
| Sophie Landry | B.A., M.A. (Laurentienne) | |||
COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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| FOLK 2616 el 01 Discovering French-Canadian Folklore | |
| This course is an introductory survey of the main elements of French-Canadian folklore: Oral tradition (songs, legends and folktales), Social Customs (holiday celebrations, rites of passage from the cradle to the grave, popular religion) and Material Culture (arts and crafts, traditional occupations of women and men, food customs and folk medicine). Students will learn about the key figures in the development of their own background. (Lec 3) cr. 3 No prerequisite. |  |