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FACULTY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Marcel Bénéteau	B.A. (Windsor), Ph. D. (Laval)
LECTURERS
Lucie Beaupré	BA., B.E.O., B. Éd. (Laurentienne)
Diane Bradette	BA., M.A., (Laval)
Sophie Landry	B.A., M.A. (Laurentienne)
Marie-Hélène Pichette	B.Mus, M.A., B.Ed. (Ottawa)
Marcel Bénéteau	BA. (Windsor), Ph.D. (Laval)

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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.