Alan Dundes Born : September 8, 1934 Died : March 30, 2005 Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Alan Dundes There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research. Alan Dundes why more research paper Americans do believe in progress and there is almost certainly a kernel of truth in the joke. Alan Dundes joke progress truth believe I find all folklore challenging, and I never cease to be grateful that I became a professional folklorist. Alan Dundes professional find never grateful As a folklorist, I have come to believe that no piece of folklore continues to be transmitted unless it means something - even if neither the speaker nor the audience can articulate what that meaning might be. Alan Dundes meaning something audience believe It is important to recognize that folklore is not simply a way of obtaining available date about identity for social scientists; it is actually one of the principal means by which an individual and a group discovers or establishes his or its identity. Alan Dundes principal important identity way My own bias in folkloristics is decidedly psychoanalytic. I believe that the vast majority of folklore concerns fantasy, and because of that, I am persuaded that techniques of analyzing fantasy are relevant to folklore data. Alan Dundes i-am fantasy my-own believe