Singing the Kyrgyz Manas : Saparbek Kasmambetov's Recitations of Epic Poetry.
Title:
Singing the Kyrgyz Manas : Saparbek Kasmambetov's Recitations of Epic Poetry.
Author:
Howard, Keith.
ISBN:
9789004218048
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (175 pages)
Contents:
SINGING THE KYRGYZ MANAS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CD CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PART ONE EPISODES FROM THE MANAS -- EPISODE ONE MANAS IS BORN -- EPISODE TWO THE MARRIAGE OF MANAS TO KANıKEY IS ARRANGED -- EPISODE THREE THE GREAT BATTLE -- EPISODE FOUR SEMETEY'S CHILDHOOD -- EPISODE FIVE SEMETEY RETURNS TO TALAS -- EPISODE SIX THE MARRIAGE OF SEMETEY -- EPISODE SEVEN SEMETEY TAKES REVENGE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, MANAS -- PART TWO -- CHAPTER ONE ORAL EPIC POETRY AND THE MANAS -- CHAPTER TWO THE KYRGYZ MANAS: RECORDED, PERFORMED AND STUDIED -- CHAPTER THREE THE MANASČI, SAPARBEK KASMAMBETOV -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Today, the Kyrgyz Manas is one of the most celebrated epic heroic poems in the world. At the turn of the new millennium it was appointed a UNESCO 'Masterpiece in the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind', signalling its global significance.In contrast to previously published material, this book focuses on one septegenarian contemporary performer, Saparbek Kasmambetov who inherited the oral tradition of his culture, adding details and other elements to his storytelling, as he saw fit. Consequently, the volume does not offer a literal translation in poetic form, but is presented as a story - as originally intended; the contextual/historical account situates Soviet/Kyrgyz with Western accounts of Manas and other epic heroic poetry.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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