Example sentences for: folklorist

How can you use “folklorist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • That he is, indeed, a literary critic and folklorist is demonstrated not only in the generally intelligent and informative Introduction, but in two short appendices, one of which, subtitled “The Jew as American,’ analyzes rather well Philip Roth's novel, Portnoy's Complaint , while the other, titled “The Revival of KLEZmer Music,’ discusses lucidly a contemporary aspect of Yiddish folk music.

  • According to the description on the book's cover, Gene Bluestein is a musician, folklorist, and literary critic who teaches English at California State University at Fresno.

  • Because of its long history New Mexico will always be a bountiful reservoir for the serious folklorist.

  • The famous Mexican folklorist Vicente Mendoza has stated that the concept of machismo, and the word macho, were not prevalent in Mexican corridos (ballads) and popular culture until the 1940s.

  • Urban folk legends are invariably ascribed to a "friend" or, better still, a "friend of a friend" (a "FOAF," to use folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand's acronym), who is close enough to stabilize the urban legend but distant enough to escape genuine scrutiny.


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