Epic Singers And Oral Tradition
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Epic Singers And Oral Tradition
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Author : Albert Bates Lord
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06
Epic Singers And Oral Tradition written by Albert Bates Lord and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Albert Bates Lord here offers an unparalleled overview of the nature of oral-traditional epic songs and the practices of the singers who composed them. Shaped by the conviction that theory should be based on what singers actually do, and have done in times past, the essays collected here span half a century of Lord's research on the oral tradition from Homer to the twentieth century. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork in living oral traditions and on the theoretical writings of Milman Parry, Lord concentrates on the singers and their art as manifested in texts of performance. In thirteen essays, some previously unpublished and all of them revised for book publication, he explores questions of composition, transmittal, and interpretation and raises important comparative issues. Individual chapters discuss aspects of the Homeric poems, South Slavic oral-traditional epics, the songs of Avdo Metedovic, Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon poetry, the medieval Greek Digenis Akritas and other medieval epics, central Asiatic and Balkan epics, the Finnish Kalevala, and the Bulgarian oral epic. The work of one of the most respected scholars of his generation, Epic Singers and Oral Tradition will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of myth and folklore, classicists, medievalists, Slavists, comparatists, literary theorists, and anthropologists.
The Oral Epic
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Author : Karl Reichl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Oral Epic written by Karl Reichl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Oral Epic
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Author : Karl Reichl
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-07-26
The Oral Epic written by Karl Reichl and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book focuses on the performance of oral epics and explores the significance of performance features for the interpretation of epic poetry. The leading question of the book is how the socio-cultural context of performance and the various performance elements contribute to the meaning of oral epics. This is a question which not only concerns epics collected from living oral tradition, but which is also of importance for the understanding of the epics of antiquity and the Middle Ages which originated and flourished in an oral milieu. The book is based on fieldwork in the still vibrant oral traditions of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia and Siberia. The discussion combines fieldwork with theory; it is not limited to Turkic epics but branches out into other oral traditions.
Homer And The Oral Tradition
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Author : G. S. Kirk
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1976-12-30
Homer And The Oral Tradition written by G. S. Kirk and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976-12-30 with History categories.
In this 1976 volume, Geoffrey Kirk considers the nature of oral and epic poetry, and the meaning of an oral tradition.
The Singer Of Tales In Performance
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Author : John Miles Foley
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1995
The Singer Of Tales In Performance written by John Miles Foley and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Folklore categories.
"A great book... " -- Choice "... a groundbreaking work of scholarship... " -- Asian Folklore Studies "This extremely fascinating study opens an important chapter in the ethnography of speech, briliantly confirming the views advanced by Dell Hymes, Albert Lord and Richard Baumann." -- The Journal of Indo-European Studies Building on his work in Traditional Oral Epic and Immanent Art, John Foley dissolves the perceived barrier between "oral" and "written," creating a composite theory from oral-formulaic theory and the ethnography of speaking and ethnopoetics. "…a groundbreaking work of scholarship that clears the path for solving the perennial problem of the interpretation of oral-derived texts. The book will be of immense value to students of folklore and literature, and to those seriously interested in the interface of the two traditionally divided disciplines." -- Asian Folklore Studies
Traditional Oral Epic
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Author : John Miles Foley
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-07-28
Traditional Oral Epic written by John Miles Foley and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
John Miles Foley offers an innovative and straightforward approach to the structural analysis of oral and oral-derived traditional texts. Professor Foley argues that to give the vast and complex body of oral "literature" its due, we must first come to terms with the endemic heterogeneity of traditional oral epics, with their individual histories, genres, and documents, as well as both the synchronic and diachronic aspects of their poetics. Until now, the emphasis in studies of oral traditional works has been placed on addressing the correspondences among traditions—shared structures of "formula," "theme," and "story-pattern." Traditional Oral Epic explores the incongruencies among traditions and focuses on the qualities specific to certain oral and oral-derived works. It is certain to inspire further research in this field.
The Singer Of Tales
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Author : Albert Bates Lord
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2000
The Singer Of Tales written by Albert Bates Lord and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic.
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes
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Author : Dwight F. Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-03-15
Heroic Poets Poetic Heroes written by Dwight F. Reynolds and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with History categories.
An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds reveals how the epic tradition continues to provide a context for social interaction and commentary. Reynolds’s account is based on performances in the northern Egyptian village in which he studied as an apprentice to a master epic-singer. Reynolds explains in detail the narrative structure of the Sirat Bani Hilal as well as the tradition of epic singing. He sees both living epic poets and fictional epic heroes as figures engaged in an ongoing dialogue with audiences concerning such vital issues as ethnicity, religious orientation, codes of behavior, gender roles, and social hierarchies.
The Singer Resumes The Tale
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Author : Albert Bates Lord
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1995
The Singer Resumes The Tale written by Albert Bates Lord and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Literary Collections categories.
Edited by Mary Louise Lord after the author's death, The Singer Resumes the Tale focuses on the performance of stories and poems within settings that range from ancient Greek palaces to Latvian villages. Lord expounds and develops his approach to oral literature in this book, responds systematically for the first time to criticisms of oral theory, and extends his methods to the analysis of lyric poems. He also considers the implications of the transitional text - a work made up of both oral and literary components. Elements of the oral tradition - the practice of storytelling in prose or verse, the art of composing and transmitting songs, the content of these texts, the kinds of songs composed, and the poetics of oral literature - are discussed in the light of several traditions, beginning in the ancient world, through the Middle Ages, to the present. Throughout, the central figure is always the singer. Homer, the Beowulf poet, women who perform lyric songs, tellers of folktales, singers of such ballads as "Barbara Allen", bards of the Balkans: all play prominent roles in Lord's book, as they have played central roles in the creation of this fundamental literature.
The Art Of The L Utar
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Author : Margaret H. Beissinger
language : en
Publisher: Dissertations-G
Release Date : 1991
The Art Of The L Utar written by Margaret H. Beissinger and has been published by Dissertations-G this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Music categories.