The Comparative Method in Folkloristics: The Kalevala and Beyond

FAIN: RX-20620-85

Indiana University (Bloomington, IN 47405-7000)
Linda Degh (Project Director: September 1984 to October 1990)

To support a conference of American and Finnish scholars, who will examine the impact of Finnish theoretical contributions on the development of folklore as adiscipline, assess the relevance of the Finnish historic-comparative approach, and strive for a synthesis with the American cultural-anthropological approach.