Traditional Oral Epic: The Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croatian Return Song: The Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croation Return Song - Rilegato

Foley, John Miles

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ISBN 10: 0520064097 ISBN 13: 9780520064096

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1991

Riassunto

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 traditionsshared 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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Miles Foley is William H. Byler Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, University of Missouri, and founding editor ofOral Tradition.

Product Description:

Book by Foley John Miles

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0520064097
• ISBN 13: 9780520064096
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 680