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September 10, 2025

Theory of Cultural Evolution in the History of Folklore Studies

Key Points

The study highlights the interplay between cultural evolution and folklore, showing how folklore materials reflect societal changes.
Key insights reveal that folklore has transitioned from oral traditions to written literature influenced by disciplines' objectives.
Investigation employs an interdisciplinary approach, combining anthropology and social sciences to deepen understanding of folklore.
Findings underscore the need for a dynamic understanding of folk groups and their cultural material variations in academia.

Abstract

Social sciences and Humanities scholars have long studied Folklore material from an interdisciplinary approach. The point of study has been revisited from the gateways of academic histories of these disciplines, which have thoroughly used folklore materials, although not as a primary study. It is important to note how the journey of mankind, from the basic communication to complex structures of verbal and non-verbal communication, which for a long time constituted folk material to a more advanced written literature attributing to reading materials to different disciplines based on their objectives. In this paper we study specifically how the theory of cultural evolution from anthropology corresponds with the history of folklore studies, and evolving understandings on the folk groups, their culture and material variations contributing to the dynamic approach.

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