
Powers of Genre : Interpreting Haya Oral Literature.
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Powers of Genre : Interpreting Haya Oral Literature.
Yazar:
Seitel, Peter.
ISBN:
9780198027706
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (259 pages)
Seri:
Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics ; v.No.22
Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
İçerik:
Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Style, Theme, and Composition in Genre -- 2 The Logic of Proverbs -- 3 Emergent Complexities and Complex Emergencies in Folktales -- 4 Heroic Society in Interlacustrine Africa -- Part II: A Genre-Powered Reading of Kachwenyanja -- 5 Stanzas Need No Rhyme -- 6 Significance Needs Time -- 7 Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix: A -- Appendix: B -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Özet:
The Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas need not rhyme, and how significance needs time in oral poetry and narrative. Making a controversial claim that an heroic age, similar to that of Ancient Greece, existed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this work will intrigue anyone who works in oral literature and narrative.
Notlar:
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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