Maricopa Community Colleges  STO295   20016-20016 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/25/00
STO295 20016-20016 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Story in multicultural folk contexts
Study of storytelling focusing on the cultural context in which stories are told, their meaning in those contexts, and ways of telling those stories that honor their original contexts and tellers. Prerequisites: EDU294 or ENH294 or STO294.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
STO295   20016-20016 Story in multicultural folk contexts
1. Define folklore, folk groups, and folk tales. (I)
2. Identify potential cultural areas for folktale research. (I)
3. Identify stories and their variations from specific cultural contexts. (II)
4. Analyze the stories and identify cultural elements. (III)
5. Research the cultural elements to place them in their proper context within the culture. (IV)
6. Identify tale traditions and folk beliefs associated with stories and storytelling in specific cultural contexts. (IV)
7. Describe the wider culture in which the stories occur. (V)
8. Tell stories from specific cultural contexts. (VI)
9. Define the protocols necessary for effective folkloric field research. (VII)
10. Describe appropriate ethics and behavior necessary for folkloric field research. (VII)
11. Identify the context of a story within a culture, describe attributes reflective of this culture, state rules for stories and storytellers within this culture, and tell stories in a way that demonstrates this understanding. (IV, V, VI)
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STO295   20016-20016 Story in multicultural folk contexts
    I. Introduction
        A. Folklore
        B. Folk groups
        C. Folk tales
        D. Potential cultures areas for student research
          1. African
          2. African-American
          3. Hispanic
          4. Asian
          5. Western European
          6. Eastern European
          7. Native American
      II. Story Selection
          A. Sources of stories
          B. Versions of stories
        III. Elements of Story Analysis
            A. Vocabulary
            B. Symbols
            C. Idioms
            D. Locales
            E. Actions
            F. Customs
          IV. Meaning of the story elements within the cultural context
              A. Vocabulary
              B. Symbols
              C. Idioms
              D. Locales
              E. Actions
              F. Customs
            V. The place of the story in its broader cultural context
                A. Functions of story within the culture
                B. Rules or prohibitions for storytelling within the culture
                C. Rules of prohibitions for storytellers within the culture
              VI. Storytelling Applications
                  A. Incorporating understandings gained through cultural research
                  B. Story format
                  C. Ways of telling
                VII. Folkloric field research
                    A. The protocols of effective folkloric field research
                    B. Appropriate ethics and behavior
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