ISBN:
9781909254060
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (164 p)
Series Statement:
World Oral Literature Series v.4
Parallel Title:
Print version How to Read a Folktale : The Ibonia Epic from Madagascar
DDC:
398.209691
Keywords:
Folklore
;
Tales
;
Tales -- Madagascar
;
Folklore -- Madagascar
;
Mythology, Malagasy
;
Folklore ; Madagascar
;
Mythology, Malagasy
;
Tales ; Madagascar
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Contents -- Foreword to Ibonia -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: What Ibonia is and How to Read it -- 2. How to Read Ibonia: Folkloric Restatement -- 3. What it is: Texts, Plural -- 4. Texture and Structure: How it is Made -- 5. Context, History, Interpretation -- 6. IBONAMASIBONIAMANORO He of the Clear and Captivating Glance -- There Is No Child -- Her Quest for Conception -- The Locust Becomes a Baby -- His Quest for a Birthplace -- Yet Unnamed -- Refusing Names from Princes -- The Name for a Perfected Man -- Power -- Stone Man Shakes -- He Refuses More Names -- Games -- He Arms Himself -- He Is Tested -- He Combats Beast and Man -- He Refuses Other Wives -- The Disguised Flayer -- An Old Man Becomes Stone Man's Rival -- Victory: "Dead, I Do Not Leave You on Earth -- Living, I Give You to No Man" -- Return of the Royal Couple -- Ibonia Prescribes Laws and Bids Farewell -- Appendix: Versions and Variants -- Works Cited -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Foreword to Ibonia""; ""Preface""; ""1.�Introduction: What Ibonia is and How to Read it""; ""2.�How to Read Ibonia: Folkloric Restatement""; ""3.�What it is: Texts, Plural ""; ""4.�Texture and Structure: How it is Made""; ""5.�Context, History, Interpretation""; ""6. IBONAMASIBONIAMANORO He of the Clear and Captivating Glance""; ""There Is No Child""; ""Her Quest for Conception""; ""The Locust Becomes a Baby""; ""His Quest for a Birthplace""; ""Yet Unnamed""; ""Refusing Names from Princes""; ""The Name for a Perfected Man""; ""Power ""; ""Stone Man Shakes""
Description / Table of Contents:
""He Refuses More Names""""Games""; ""He Arms Himself""; ""He Is Tested""; ""He Combats Beast and Man""; ""He Refuses Other Wives""; ""The Disguised Flayer""; ""An Old Man Becomes Stone Man�s Rival""; ""Victory: “Dead, I Do Not Leave You on Earth; Living, I Give You to No Man�""; ""Return of the Royal Couple""; ""Ibonia Prescribes Laws and Bids Farewell""; ""Appendix: Versions and Variants""; ""Works Cited ""; ""Index""
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