FOLKLORE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY – HISTORICAL VIEW
FOLKLORE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY – HISTORICAL VIEW

Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to an issue that includes important aspects of the history of the method of collecting folklore, as well as the three important stages that have contributed to the professionalization of field folklore research. In order to have an overview of current folklore life, it is necessary to initiate and undertake research by directly observing reality, in the way it appears in folkloric manifestations, on different occasions, but without proposing and intervening in their development. Using the specialized methodology, we will look for and research what is significant, in the folklore facts relevant for the research topic. That is why it is important to have a specific knowledge of contemporary folklore, of the current reality. Each stage coming with its novelties in the history of research, with new applied formulas. The research methodology debutizing with restorations of the authentic, norms considered later intentional falsifications, this epoch being one in which chronicles were born, designated by distant authors. Gradually reaching new principles, so that each era has its own charm and manifestations of life, which must be pursued as reflected in the souls of contemporaries.

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