Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes /
This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author elaborates on three structural devices that appear in oral traditions: those consisting of meaning; those using imagery; and those in which sound pattern is predominant.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The representation of themes in memory
- Imagery
- Sound
- Combining constraints
- The transmission of oral traditions,
- Basic observations on remembering
- A theory of remembering for oral traditions
- Epic and formulaic theory
- Counting-out rhymes
- North Carolina Ballads
- Discussion.