The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga Congo Republic
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The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga
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Author : Daniel Biebuyck
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-07-28
The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga written by Daniel Biebuyck 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 Social Science categories.
The feats of the hero Mwindo are here glorified in the bilingual text of an epic which was sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Admirably structured, coherent, and richly poetic, the epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. An example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale has important implications for the comparative study of African culture, as the text provides profound insights into the social structure, value system, linguistics, and cosmology of this African people.
The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga Congo Republic
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Author : Daniel Biebuyck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga Congo Republic written by Daniel Biebuyck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
The Mwindo Epic
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Author : Daniel P. Biebuyck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
The Mwindo Epic written by Daniel P. Biebuyck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with categories.
The Mwindo Epic
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Author : Daniel P. Biebuyck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Mwindo Epic written by Daniel P. Biebuyck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Mwindo (Nyanga folk epic). categories.
The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga Zaire
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Author : Daniel Biebuyck
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1989-11-02
The Mwindo Epic From The Banyanga Zaire written by Daniel Biebuyck 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 1989-11-02 with Social Science categories.
The feats of the hero Mwindo are here glorified in the bilingual text of an epic which was sung and narrated in a Bantu language and acted out by a member of the Nyanga tribe in the remote forest regions of eastern Zaire. Admirably structured, coherent, and richly poetic, the epic is in prose form, interspersed with song and proverbs in verse. An example of the classic tradition of oral folk literature, the tale has important implications for the comparative study of African culture, as the text provides profound insights into the social structure, value system, linguistics, and cosmology of this African people.
Trickster And Hero
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Author : Harold Scheub
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2012
Trickster And Hero written by Harold Scheub and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Literary Criticism categories.
The trickster and the hero, found in so many of the world’s oral traditions, are seemingly opposed but often united in one character. Trickster and Hero provides a comparative look at a rich array of world oral traditions, folktales, mythologies, and literatures—from The Odyssey, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and Beowulf to Native American and African tales. Award-winning folklorist Harold Scheub explores the “Trickster moment,” the moment in the story when the tale, the teller, and the listener are transformed: we are both man and woman, god and human, hero and villain. Scheub delves into the importance of trickster mythologies and the shifting relationships between tricksters and heroes. He examines protagonists that figure centrally in a wide range of oral narrative traditions, showing that the true hero is always to some extent a trickster as well. The trickster and hero, Scheub contends, are at the core of storytelling, and all the possibilities of life are there: we are taken apart and rebuilt, dismembered and reborn, defeated and renewed.
The Epic World
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Author : Pamela Lothspeich
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-01-30
The Epic World written by Pamela Lothspeich and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Reconceptualizing the epic genre and opening it up to a world of storytelling, The Epic World makes a timely and bold intervention toward understanding the human propensity to aestheticize and normalize mass deployments of power and violence. The collection broadly considers three kinds of epic literature: conventional celebratory tales of conquest that glorify heroism, especially male heroism; anti-epics or stories of conquest from the perspectives of the dispossessed, the oppressed, the despised, and the murdered; and heroic stories utilized for imperialist or nationalist purposes. The Epic World illustrates global patterns of epic storytelling, such as the durability of stories tied to religious traditions and/or to peoples who have largely "stayed put"; the tendency to reimagine and retell stories in new ways over centuries; and the imbrication of epic storytelling and forms of colonialism and imperialism, especially those perpetuated and glorified by Euro-Americans over the past 500 years, resulting in unspeakable and immeasurable harms to humans, other living beings, and the planet Earth. The Epic World is a go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories and ways of knowing beyond those of the predominantly white Global North, this field-shifting volume exposes the false premises of "Western civilization" and "Classics," and brings new questions and perspectives to epic studies.
The Land Beyond The Mists
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Author : David Newbury
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2009-09-15
The Land Beyond The Mists written by David Newbury and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-15 with History categories.
The horrific tragedies of Central Africa in the 1990s riveted the attention of the world. But these crises did not occur in a historical vacuum. By peering through the mists of the past, the case studies presented in The Land Beyond the Mists illustrate the significant advances to have taken place since decolonization in our understanding of the pre-colonial histories of Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern Congo. Based on both oral and written sources, these essays are important both for their methods—viewing history from the perspective of local actors—and for their conclusions, which seriously challenge colonial myths about the area.
The Palgrave Handbook Of African Oral Traditions And Folklore
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Author : Akintunde Akinyemi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-05
The Palgrave Handbook Of African Oral Traditions And Folklore written by Akintunde Akinyemi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-05 with Social Science categories.
This handbook offers the most comprehensive, analytic, and multidisciplinary study of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the African Diaspora to date. Preeminent scholars Akintunde Akinyemi and Toyin Falola assemble a team of leading and rising stars across African Studies research to retrieve and renew the scholarship of oral traditions and folklore in Africa and the Diaspora just as critical concerns about their survival are pushed to the forefront of the field. With five sections on the central themes within orality and folklore – including engagement ranging from popular culture to technology, methods to pedagogy – this handbook is an indispensable resource to scholars, students, and practitioners of oral traditions and folklore preservation alike. This definitive reference is the first to provide detailed, systematic discussion, and up-to-date analysis of African oral traditions and folklore.
Crisscrossing Through Afro Asian Literature
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Author : Rustica C. Carpio
language : en
Publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2017-10-02
Crisscrossing Through Afro Asian Literature written by Rustica C. Carpio and has been published by Anvil Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
Crisscrossing Through Afro-Asian Literature is intended to give the reader varied views of life in the Afro-Asian sphere. It hopes to help the reader capture the nuances of the human experience that well from the vast wealth of wisdom and culture in these countries.