Memory in Oral Traditions : the Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-out Rhymes.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rubin, David C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Oral tradition.
Memory.
Counting-out rhymes > History and criticism.
Ballads, English > North Carolina > History and criticism.
Epic literature > History and criticism.
Tradition orale.
Comptines > Histoire et critique.
Ballades anglaises > Caroline du Nord > Histoire et critique.
Littérature épique > Histoire et critique.
Ballads, English
Counting-out rhymes
Epic literature
Memory
Oral tradition
North Carolina
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages)
ISBN:9780195359640
019535964X

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