The powers of genre : interpreting Haya oral literature /

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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 ball...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Seitel, Peter
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Collection:Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 22.
Sujets:
Haya (African people) > Folklore.
Folk literature, Haya > History and criticism.
Oral tradition > Tanzania.
Discourse analysis, Narrative > Tanzania.
Haya language.
Haya (Peuple d'Afrique) > Folklore.
Haya (Langue)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Folk literature, Haya.
Haya (African people)
Oral tradition.
Mondelinge literatuur.
Haya (volk)
Tanzania.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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