| FB-51970-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Aida Vidan | Essays on Slavic Mythology and Oral Tradition | 1/1/2005 - 9/30/2005 | $40,000.00 | Aida | | Vidan | | | | Harvard University Library | Cambridge | MA | 02138 | USA | 2004 | Folklore and Folklife | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
During the tenure period I plan to complete a book that investigates the links between Slavic mythology and Slavic oral traditions. Although I include data from all three Slavic groups, the study focuses on the traditional songs collected in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1934-35 and held now in the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature at Harvard University. Concurrently, I plan to finish a thematic database for the approximately 11,000 ballads and lyric songs from the same collection. This database is to be published as a CD-ROM and will serve as the first electronic research resource in the field of South Slavic folklore. |