Oral Poetry
Oral Poetry
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to the vast field of 'oral poetry,' encompassing everything from American folksongs, contemporary pop songs, and Inuit lyrics, to the heroic epics of Homer, biblical psalms, and epic traditions in Asia and the Pacific. Taking a broad comparative approach, it explores oral poetry across Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. Drawing on global research, Ruth Finnegan, the author of the seminal Oral Literature in Africa, sheds light on key debates such as the nature of oral tradition, the relationship between poetry and society, the differences between oral and written forms, and the role of poets in predominantly non-literate contexts.
- British Academy United Kingdom
- University of Oxford United Kingdom
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Comparative Analysis, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBG Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge::JBGB Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology, Literary Tradition, Social Phenomenon, Cultural Context, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology, thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSM Comparative literature, Transmission, Oral Poetry;Comparative Analysis;Transmission;Cultural Context;Social Phenomenon;Literary Tradition, thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory, Oral Poetry
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