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Oral literature in Africa / Ruth Finnegan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: World oral literature series ; v. 1.Publisher: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xlii, 568 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781906924720
  • 1906924724
  • 9781906924737
  • 1906924732
  • 9781906924744
  • 1906924740
  • 9781906924706
  • 1906924708
  • 1906924716
  • 9781906924713
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 398.2096 23
LOC classification:
  • PL8010
Other classification:
  • 1H
  • HBTD
  • JHMC
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Scope and content: "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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-542) and index.

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.

"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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© 2012 Ruth Finnegan, Foreword © 2012 Mark Turin.

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