• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Oral literature in Africa
  • Enthält: The "oral" nature of African unwritten literature -- The perception of African oral literature -- The social, linguistic, and literary background -- Poetry and patronage -- Panegyric -- Elegiac poetry -- Religious poetry -- Special purpose poetry : war, hunting, and work -- Lyric -- Topical and political songs -- Children's songs and rhymes -- Prose narratives I : problems and theories -- Prose narratives II : content and form -- Proverbs -- Riddles -- Oratory, formal speaking, and other stylized forms -- Drum language and literature -- Drama.
  • Beteiligte: Finnegan, Ruth H. [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2012
  • Erschienen in: World oral literature series ; volume 1
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xlii, 567 pages)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 9781906924706; 1906924716; 9781906924737; 1906924724; 1906924740; 1906924708; 9781906924713; 1906924732; 9781906924744; 9781906924720
  • RVK-Notation: EP 20200 : Allgemeines
  • Schlagwörter: Subsaharisches Afrika > Literatur > Mündliche Überlieferung
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Beschreibung: "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 original chapters on poetry, prose, 'drum language' and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa."--Back cover
  • Zugangsstatus: Freier Zugang