The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature (Oxford Studies in Anthropologic...
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Book details
- Author
- Peter Seitel
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- United States
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780195117004
- ISBN-10
- 019511700X
- Vendor: Mia Karts
The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)
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ISBN: 019511700X
Author: Seitel, Peter
Condition: New
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.
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