Joseph Médard Carrière (1902–1970), was an award-winning Franco-Ontarian French-language scholar. He was most noted as a collector of French folklore from the Midwest of the United States.[1]

He also served as a President of the American Folklore Society.[2]

Early years and education

Carrière was born in Curran, Ontario in 1902. He attended Laval University, Marquette University, the Sorbonne, Paris, He graduated with a MA (1926) and Ph.D. (1932) from Harvard University.[3]

Academic career

Carrière taught at Northwestern University, where in 1936 he became a naturalized American citizen. In 1942 he moved to the University of Virginia, where he remained for the rest of his academic career.[1]

Research

From 1934 to 1936[4] Carrière made a series of research trips to Old Mines, Missouri, where he collected folksongs and tales from 600 French-speaking families.[5] The majority of the folktales he collected, were told by a French-speaking barite miner called Joseph Ben Coleman.[1]

Based on his research, Carrière published Tales from the French folk-lore of Missouri (1937). The book rendered the tales in Creole dialect, and analyzed them by Aarne tale type[6] and motif. In 1981, the tales were republished by Rosemary Hyde Thomas, with English translations.[7]

An edition of Carrière French transcription work, which cites the storytelling of Joseph Groulx, of Tecumseh, was published in 2005.[8]

Honours

Carrière was a member of the American Folklore Society and served as the Society's president from 1946 to 1947.[2]

Carrière was awarded a Medal de L’Academie Française in 1948[1] and he received the French title of Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur in 1950.[3]

Carrière's papers are kept in the archives of Université Laval.[3]

Selected publications

Fucilla, Joseph G; Carrière, Joseph Médard (1935). D'Annunzio abroad: a bibliographical essay. New York: Columbia University. OCLC 637029505.

Carrière, Joseph Médard (1937). Tales from the French folk-lore of Missouri Northwestern University Studies in the Humanities, No. 1. Evanston: Northwestern University.

Carrière, J.-M. (1937). "Indian and Creole Barboka, American Barbecue". Language. 13 (2): 148–150. doi:10.2307/408723. ISSN 0097-8507.

Fucilla, Joseph Guerin; Carrière, Joseph Médard (1938). Italian criticism of Russian literature. Columbus: H.L. Hedrick. OCLC 977099177.

Carrière, J.-M. (1939). "Creole Dialect of Missouri". American Speech. 14 (2): 109–119. doi:10.2307/451217. ISSN 0003-1283.

Hocking, Elton; Carrière, Joseph Médard (1940). Transition to reading and writing French. New York: Rinehart & Co. OCLC 19870536.

Carrière, J.-M. (1941). "The Phonology of Missouri French: A Historical Study". The French Review. 14 (5): 410–415. ISSN 0016-111X.

Carrière, J.-M. (1941). "The Phonology of Missouri French: A Historical Study (Continued)". The French Review. 14 (6): 510–515. ISSN 0016-111X.

Claudel, Calvin; Carrière, J.-M. (1943). "Three Tales from the French Folklore of Louisiana". The Journal of American Folklore. 56 (219): 38–44. doi:10.2307/535913. ISSN 0021-8715.

Carrière, Joseph Médard (1960). "Early Examples of the Expressions ``American Language and ``Langue Américaine". Modern Language Notes. 75 (6): 485–488. doi:10.2307/3040333. ISSN 0149-6611.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brassieur, C.Ray (1996). "Carrière, Joseph Médard (1902–1970)". In Brunvand, Jan Harold (ed.). American folklore : an encyclopedia. New York. p. 261. ISBN 0-8153-0751-9. OCLC 34046325.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 "Past AFS Presidents". The American Folklore Society. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  3. 1 2 3 "Carrière, Joseph-Médard (fonds, P53)". Centre for Research on French Canadian Culture (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. ↑ Boyer, Mark G. (2021-07-23). 300 Years of the French in Old Mines: A Narrative History of the Oldest Village in Missouri. Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-6667-2399-1.
  5. ↑ Parsons, Elsie Clews (1939). "Review of Tales from the French Folk-Lore of Missouri, Joseph Médard Carrière". The Journal of American Folklore. 52 (204): 215–216. doi:10.2307/535476. hdl:2027/inu.39000005781435. ISSN 0021-8715. JSTOR 535476.
  6. ↑ Miller, Wm. Marion (1939). "Review of Tales from the French Folklore of Missouri". The French Review. 12 (6): 502–503. ISSN 0016-111X. JSTOR 380899.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Rosemary Hyde (1981). It's Good to Tell You: French Folktales from Missouri. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-0327-4.
  8. ↑ Contes du Détroit. Joseph-Médard Carrière, Donald Deschênes, Marcel Bénéteau. Sudbury, Ont.: Prise de parole. 2005. ISBN 2-89423-167-9. OCLC 60798203.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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