This paper examined the research trend of folk songs in recent years. To
this end, after looking for essays and dissertations published from 2011 to 2015,
it was investigated whether the recent research done in any way a folk song.
And it was looking for a way to study the folk oral literature from the point
of view based on it. Recent studies made on the status of folk songs can be
summarized in a few things:
First, the folk musical studies. Second, studies of regional folk songs, third,
the study of North Korean folk songs, ethnic Koreans, research and foreign folk
songs of Yanbian folk music research and comparative studies, fifth, Arirang
study of foreign folk songs and country ballads, Sixth, consider other
market-pronged compared with folk songs and folk songs in market research
or other nature of, seventh, research, private study and eighth ballads to pop
to folk would upset modernization of them.
Of course, one of the above studies are accentuated made redundant in
several studies rather than exist as either one on its own, it can be summarized
as a whole presented above. It looks as if the various folk studies conducted,
to look at having a literary point of view can be seen that conducted the
folksong research still insufficient. Especially, folk scene is a different situation,which is required for the inventory ballad research methods.
Ballad then need the bars present in the fluid, dynamic look non-fixed form,
considered for this. And, given the changed site conditions, as well as folk
ballads requires research on folk ballads. New ballads showing the appearance
of a pop ballad screen also needs to be considered. Findings of folk music
being made in recent years in order to do this, we must also actively utilized.
In short, in the changed environment, will be considered for this study is a
premise to be conducted