Quotes About 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.

I find all folklore challenging, and I never cease to be grateful that I became a professional folklorist.

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.