Social Life and Legend

(2.5,3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

IRFL 20060 Social Life and Legend at UCD; This Module is concerned with the forms of social life which involve narrative or are conducive to the development of narrative. It includes traditions associated with various trades and skills, with music and poetry, and with sports and pastimes. It also will discuss kinds of lore which grow out of the general historical experience, preserving structured images of the past. Such survivals can be vivid and colourful, especially in a culture which has a highly developed tradition of storytelling.