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Literature departments are more receptive to folklore than they were in the 1970s and 1980s, in part because of increased interests in postmodernism, ethnic literature and cultural studies. These concerns make folklore, specifically its focus on the oral tradition, a vital part of understanding much of what is being taught in literature departments. This includes minority literature, which can sometimes be best understood as it relates to a culture's oral, rather than written, traditions.
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Folklore is an essential part of American studies, allowing that discipline to both enlarge its own scope and its influence on liberal arts in general. Folklore provides a perspective for studying communities and groups of living people, a necessity of successful American studies. This focus on real people and folklore's means of tracing change in culture by studying a wide variety of texts and practices make it a backbone of American studies.
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The study of folklore offers a freedom of thought not seen in many disciplines. This is in part due to the constantly evolving nature of folklore itself, when can make universal theories expire quickly. This dynamic aspect of folklore can in turn be used to reposition other disciplines, many of which are linked to folklore in one way or another.
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