ISBN:
9781906924720
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1906924724
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9781906924706
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1906924708
,
1906924716
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9781906924713
,
9781906924720
,
9781906924713
,
9781906924737
,
1906924732
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9781906924744
,
1906924740
Language:
English
Pages:
xlii, 567 pages :
Series Statement:
World Oral Literature
DDC:
398.2096
Keywords:
African literature / Orally transmitted literature / to 1969 / Critical studies
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Post-colonial literature
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology
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DRAMA / African
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Folk literature
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Folk literature, African
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Oral tradition
;
Folk literature
;
Folk literature, African History and criticism
;
Oral tradition
;
Mündliche Literatur
;
Mündliche Überlieferung
;
Literatur
;
Afrika
;
Afrika
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Electronic books.
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Literatur
;
Mündliche Überlieferung
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Mündliche Literatur
;
Afrika
;
Mündliche Literatur
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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"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
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