Folklore studies Field of study: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Programme code: W6-S1AK19.2025

Module name: Folklore studies
Module code: W6-AK-S1-FN
Programme code: W6-S1AK19.2025
Semester: summer semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 2
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The aim of the module is to present folklore studies as a science dealing with the analysis of traditional and contemporary folklore texts from an anthropological perspective. The subject of the analysis are texts belonging to the linguistic and cultural code of a specific community, which are reproduced and accepted by members of the communication community, shaping not only their sense of aesthetics, but also cognitive habits. These include both traditional texts (e.g. folk songs, fairy tales, rituals) and contemporary texts (e.g. texts in tabloids, Internet memes), provided that they have been introduced into social circulation and constitute the part of it that the community has accepted and its members repeat them. The issues discussed in the module are related to the contemporary functioning of folklore texts, the transfer of content from folklore to mass circulation and vice versa, the construction of reality in folklore texts and texts of popular culture.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is ready to solve various theoretical and practical problems related to the contemporary functioning of folklore texts [_K_1]
 K_K02 [5/5]
is able to use his/her knowledge of folklore to analyze texts belonging to the linguistic and cultural code of selected local and global communities [_U_1]
 K_U01 [5/5]
knows and understands the basic processes of interpersonal and social communication in the context of the contemporary functioning of folklore texts [_W_1]
 K_W07 [5/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [_fs_1] 15 Lecture-discussion [b02]  course work _W_1
practical classes [_fs_2] 15 Explanation/clarification [a05] 
Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work _K_1 _U_1
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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