Powers of Genre, The: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature
Author:   Peter Seitel
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, USA
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9781280761522


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
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The Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas need not rhyme, and how significance needs time in oral poetry and narrative. Making a controversial claim that an heroic age, similar to that of Ancient Greece, existed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this work will intrigue anyone who works in oral literature and narrative.

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Author:   Peter Seitel
Publisher:   Oxford University Press, USA
Imprint:   Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:  

9781280761522


ISBN 10:   1280761520
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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