Epic Singers And Oral Tradition

Author : Albert Bates Lord
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501731921

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Epic Singers and Oral Tradition by Albert Bates Lord Pdf

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 In thirteen essays, some previously unpublished and all of them revised for book publication, he explores questions of composition, transmittal, and interpretation and raises important comparative issues.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.

Author : Karl Reichl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029263139

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The Oral Epic by Karl Reichl Pdf

Author : Karl Reichl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000409208

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The Oral Epic by Karl Reichl Pdf

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.

Author : G. S. Kirk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1976-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521213097

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Homer and the Oral Tradition by G. S. Kirk Pdf

In this 1976 volume, Geoffrey Kirk considers the nature of oral and epic poetry, and the meaning of an oral tradition.

Author : Albert Bates Lord,Stephen Arthur Mitchell,Gregory Nagy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674002830

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The Singer of Tales by Albert Bates Lord,Stephen Arthur Mitchell,Gregory Nagy Pdf

Discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic.

Author : John Miles Foley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520914481

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Traditional Oral Epic by John Miles Foley Pdf

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.

Author : John Miles Foley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 0253322251

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The Singer of Tales in Performance by John Miles Foley Pdf

"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

Author : Albert Bates Lord
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0801431034

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The Singer Resumes the Tale by Albert Bates Lord Pdf

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.

Author : Chao Gejin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000529845

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Oral Epic Traditions in China and Beyond by Chao Gejin Pdf

This volume is the masterpiece of Chao Gejin, one of the best-known Chinese scholars of Epic studies, representing his most influential works on the change of the nature of the Epic across the twentieth century. The discussion ranges from Homeric and Indo-European epics to renewed discoveries of age-old African and Asian epics. The author details developments in research from Parry and Lord’s work on Serbo-Croat oral poetry to his own research on the Mongol heroic epic. The book traces the formation of theoretical systems such as Oral Formulaic Theory, Ethnopoetics and Performance Theory, and ends with the author’s explorations of the 20th-century Mongolian bard Arimpil’s singing of his native epic poetry. Using methods that previous scholars used to demonstrate the fundamentally oral nature of the Homeric epic, Chao brings to light the poetic richness of the still-living Mongol oral epic tradition. Students and scholars of epic studies, literature, folklore and anthropology will find this an essential reference.

Author : Karl Reichl
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501732164

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Singing the Past by Karl Reichl Pdf

Oral epic poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a close analysis of these Turkic works, he shows that they are typologically similar to heroic poetry in Old English, Old High German, and Old French and that they can offer scholars new insights into the oral background of these medieval texts.Reichl draws on his research in Central Asia to discuss questions regarding performance as well as the singers' training, role in society, and repertoire. He asserts that heroic poetry and epic are primarily concerned with the interpretation of the past in song: the courageous deeds of ancestors, the search for tribal and societal roots, and the definition and transmission of cultural values. Reichl finds that in these traditions the heroic epic is part of a generic system that includes historical and eulogistic poetry as well as heroic lays, a view that has diachronic implications for medieval poetry.Singing the Past reminds readers that because much medieval poetry was composed for oral recitation, both the Turkic and the medieval heroic poems must always be appreciated as poetry in performance, as sound listened to, as words spoken or sung.

Author : Gregory Nagy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136539602

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The Oral Traditional Background of Ancient Greek Literature by Gregory Nagy Pdf

Edited with an introduction by an internationally recognized scholar, this nine-volume set represents the most exhaustive collection of essential critical writings in the field, from studies of the classic works to the history of their reception. Bringing together the articles that have shaped modern classical studies, the set covers Greek literature in all its genres--including history, poetry, prose, oratory, and philosophy--from the 6th century BC through the Byzantine era. Since the study of Greek literature encompasses the roots of all major modern humanities disciplines, the collection also includes seminal articles exploring the Greek influence on their development. Each volume concludes with a list of recommendations for further reading. This collection is an important resource for students and scholars of comparative literature, English, history, philosophy, theater, and rhetoric as well as the classics.

Author : Dwight F. Reynolds
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501723223

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Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes by Dwight F. Reynolds Pdf

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.

Author : David Konstan,Kurt A. Raaflaub
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444315641

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Epic and History by David Konstan,Kurt A. Raaflaub Pdf

With contributions from leading scholars, this is a uniquecross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide rangeof cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights intohow history is treated in narrative poetry. The first book to gain new insights into the topic of‘epic and history’ through in-depth cross-culturalcomparisons Covers epic traditions across the globe and across a wide rangeof time periods Brings together leading specialists in the field, and is editedby two internationally regarded scholars An important reference for scholars and students interested inhistory and literature across a broad range of disciplines

Author : Susan Sherratt,John Bennett
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785702983

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Archaeology and the Homeric Epic by Susan Sherratt,John Bennett Pdf

The relationship between the Homeric epics and archaeology has long suffered mixed fortunes, swinging between 'fundamentalist' attempts to use archaeology in order to demonstrate the essential historicity of the epics and their background, and outright rejection of the idea that archaeology is capable of contributing anything at all to our understanding and appreciation of the epics. Archaeology and the Homeric Epic concentrates less on historicity in favor of exploring a variety of other, perhaps sometimes more oblique, ways in which we can use a multidisciplinary approach – archaeology, philology, anthropology and social history – to help offer insights into the epics, the contexts of their possibly prolonged creation, aspects of their 'prehistory', and what they may have stood for at various times in their long oral and written history. The effects of the Homeric epics on the history and popular reception of archaeology, especially in the particular context of modern Germany, is also a theme that is explored here. Contributors explore a variety of issues including the relationships between visual and verbal imagery, the social contexts of epic (or sub-epic) creation or re-creation, the roles of bards and their relationships to different types of patrons and audiences, the construction and uses of 'history' as traceable through both epic and archaeology and the relationship between 'prehistoric' (oral) and 'historical' (recorded in writing) periods. Throughout, the emphasis is on context and its relevance to the creation, transmission, re-creation and manipulation of epic in the present (or near-present) as well as in the ancient Greek past.

Author : Arthur Hatto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107103214

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The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes by Arthur Hatto Pdf

This book deeply analyses the little-known tradition of oral heroic epic poetry of the Khanty, an indigenous people of Siberia.