THE FOLKS
The essay ‘who are the folk?’ discuss about the folk
,its emergence and the development. Folklore is associated with the tales, myth and
superstitions. Here, some scholars are defined folklore through their point of view.
‘The folklore is began on nineteenth century. In that period ‘folk as peasant’ ,later it
would have changed. The last decade of 19th century , national folklore societies –
Finnish Literature Societies and English Folklore Societies - had been formed in
Europe and the United States.
According to Andrew Lang, folklore is only concerned
with the legends, customs, beliefs, of the folk, of the people, of the classes which
have shared least in progress. The folk can only exist in the civilized country.
Because only the civilized country or people take initiative to protect their folk. The
Lang’s answer to the question ‘’what is the method of folklore?’’ shows very well his
conceptin, In the modern period ,by the impact of mass media peasants lose their
qualities they became urbanized in the level of food , dress, languages etc. Many
other forms of folk in addition to nation to nation and family, geographical , cultural
divisions such as region, state, city, or village may constitute folk group. An ethnic
group has its own folklore just as each occupational group has its .
With respect to the folklore produced or inspired by
industrialization , Marxist folklorists have made a useful contribution. They saw
that the concept of folk had to include both peasant and proletariat ,that is, folk the
century and folk in the city. According to the Marxist , folklore is the weapon of
class protest. Folk is not a dependent variable but an independent variable. We
must see members of modern societies as members of many different folk groups.
Many of these folk groups may be considered as part-time folk. All folk groups have
folklore and the folklore of such groups provides a socially sanctioned framework
for the expression of critical anxiety-producing problems as well as a cherished
artistic vehicle for communicating ethos and world view. Many of these folk groups
may be considered as part-time folk. One participates in a summer camp, for
The essay ‘who are the folk?’ discuss about the folk
,its emergence and the development. Folklore is associated with the tales, myth and
superstitions. Here, some scholars are defined folklore through their point of view.
‘The folklore is began on nineteenth century. In that period ‘folk as peasant’ ,later it
would have changed. The last decade of 19th century , national folklore societies –
Finnish Literature Societies and English Folklore Societies - had been formed in
Europe and the United States.
According to Andrew Lang, folklore is only concerned
with the legends, customs, beliefs, of the folk, of the people, of the classes which
have shared least in progress. The folk can only exist in the civilized country.
Because only the civilized country or people take initiative to protect their folk. The
Lang’s answer to the question ‘’what is the method of folklore?’’ shows very well his
conceptin, In the modern period ,by the impact of mass media peasants lose their
qualities they became urbanized in the level of food , dress, languages etc. Many
other forms of folk in addition to nation to nation and family, geographical , cultural
divisions such as region, state, city, or village may constitute folk group. An ethnic
group has its own folklore just as each occupational group has its .
With respect to the folklore produced or inspired by
industrialization , Marxist folklorists have made a useful contribution. They saw
that the concept of folk had to include both peasant and proletariat ,that is, folk the
century and folk in the city. According to the Marxist , folklore is the weapon of
class protest. Folk is not a dependent variable but an independent variable. We
must see members of modern societies as members of many different folk groups.
Many of these folk groups may be considered as part-time folk. All folk groups have
folklore and the folklore of such groups provides a socially sanctioned framework
for the expression of critical anxiety-producing problems as well as a cherished
artistic vehicle for communicating ethos and world view. Many of these folk groups
may be considered as part-time folk. One participates in a summer camp, for
