Oral Poetry From Africa
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Oral Poetry From Africa
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Author : Jack Mapanje
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1983
Oral Poetry From Africa written by Jack Mapanje and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Music categories.
Xhosa Oral Poetry
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Author : Jeff Opland
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1983-12-30
Xhosa Oral Poetry written by Jeff Opland 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 1983-12-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book, first published in 1983, was the first detailed study of the Xhosa oral poetry tradition.
Oral Written Poetry In African Literature Today
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Author : Eldred D. Jones
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1988
Oral Written Poetry In African Literature Today written by Eldred D. Jones and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with African poetry categories.
The contemporary poet in Africa is continuing a long tradition of poetry which in many places pre-dated the advent of writing. North America: Africa World Press
Oral Poetry
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Author : Ruth Finnegan
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-05-16
Oral Poetry written by Ruth Finnegan and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-16 with Literary Criticism categories.
This classic study is an introduction to “oral poetry,” a broad subject which Ruth Finnegan interprets as ranging from American folksongs, Eskimo lyrics, and modern popular songs to medieval oral literature, the heroic poems of Homer, and recent epic compositions in Asia or the Pacific. The book employs a broad comparative perspective and considers oral poetry from Africa, Asia, and Oceania as well as Europe and America. The results of Finnegan’s vast research illuminate and suggest fresh conclusions to many current controversies: the nature of oral tradition and oral composition; the notion of a special oral style; possible connection between types of poetry and types of society; the differences between oral and written communication; and the role of poets in non-literate societies. Drawing on insights from anthropology and literary scholarship, Oral Poetry attempts to create a greater appreciation of the literary aspects of this fascinating form of poetry. Finnegan quotes extensively from a wide variety of sources, mainly in translation. The discussion is presented in non-technical language and will be of interest not only to sociologists and social anthropologists, but also to all those interested in comparative literature and in folk poetry from cultures around the world. The re-issue of this text, widely used in folklore, anthropology, and comparative literature courses, comes at an appropriate juncture in interdisciplinary scholarship, which is witnessing the breakdown of traditional disciplinary boundaries and an increase in the comparative study of oral poetry. For this volume Ruth Finnegan has provided a new foreword relating the text to more recent developments.
Oral Literature In Africa
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Author : Ruth Finnegan
language : en
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Release Date : 2012-09
Oral Literature In Africa written by Ruth Finnegan and has been published by Open Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09 with Social Science categories.
Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Introduction La Po Sie Orale
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Author : Paul Zumthor
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1990
Introduction La Po Sie Orale written by Paul Zumthor and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Literary Criticism categories.
In his comprehensive treatment, Zumthor (emeritus, U. of Montreal) discusses general issues concerning oral poetry, from primary to mechanized orality (including the setting of text to music); the forms of oral poetry; the epic in the West, Africa, and other parts of the globe; the oral poet's texte; performance in its manifold styles across the world; roles played in oral poetry; and oral ritual actions from archaic times to the present--Homer to Bob Dylan. Translated from the first French edition of 1983. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Heritage Of African Poetry
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Author : Isidore Okpewho
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1985
The Heritage Of African Poetry written by Isidore Okpewho and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Bones Of The Ancestors Are Shaking
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Author : Russell Kaschula
language : en
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Release Date : 2002
The Bones Of The Ancestors Are Shaking written by Russell Kaschula and has been published by Juta and Company Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.
‘In The Bones of The Ancestors Are Shaking, Russell Kaschula provides an ample introduction to the subject of oral poetry, both drawing on earlier accounts and presenting his own material, much of which has hitherto been unavailable in book form. Kaschula presents rich texts and translations of the Xhosa praise poetry for which southern Africa has long been famous, not only in the context of studies of African oral literature, but also among comparative scholars of world literature. The texts and translations in this book are a valuable and attractive addition to the record, ranging as they do from nineteenth-century examples to late twentieth-century praises for Joe Slovo, F.W. de Klerk, the South African soccer squad or Nelson Mandela, the latter being a special focus of the volume.’ — Professor Ruth Finnegan, The Open University, UK
West African Poetry
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Author : Robert Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986-09-04
West African Poetry written by Robert Fraser 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 1986-09-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Previous studies of African poetry have tended to concentrate either on its political content or on its relationship to various European schools. This book examines West African poetry in English and French against the background of oral poetry in the vernacular. Do the roots of such poetry lie in Africa or in Europe? In committing their work to writing, do poets lose more than they gain? Can the immediacy of oral performance ever be recovered? Robert Fraser's account of two centuries of West African verse examines its subjugation to a succession of international styles: from the heroic couplet to the austerity of experimental Modernism. Successive chapters take us through the Négritude movement and the emergence of anglophone free verse in the 1950s to the rediscovery in recent years of the neglected springs of orality, which is the subject of the concluding chapter.
Introduction To African Oral Literature And Performance
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Author : Bayo Ogunjimi
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 2005
Introduction To African Oral Literature And Performance written by Bayo Ogunjimi and has been published by Africa World Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.
Rev. ed. of: Introduction to African oral literature. c1991.