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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubin, David C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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.