Homo Narrans : the poetics and anthropology of oral literature /

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It would be difficult to imagine what human life would be like without stories--from myths recited by Pueblo Indian healers in the kiva, ballads sung in Slovenian market squares, folktales and legends told by the fireside in Italy, to jokes told at a dinner table in Des Moines--for it is chiefly thr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Niles, John D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Series:JSTOR EBA.
Subjects:
Folk literature.
Oral tradition.
Storytelling.
Littérature populaire.
Tradition orale.
Art de conter.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Volkskunde
Mündliche Literatur
Mündliche Überlieferung
Mondelinge literatuur.
Vertelkunst.
Volksverhalen.
"Multi-User"
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Making Connections
  • 2. Somatic Communication
  • 3. Poetry as Social Praxis
  • 4. Oral Poetry Acts
  • 5. Beowulf as Ritualized Discourse
  • 6. Context and Loss
  • 7. The Strong Tradition-Bearer
  • Conclusion: Wordpower Wells from Deep in the Throat
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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