The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature: 22 (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)

The Powers of Genre: Interpreting Haya Oral Literature: 22 (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)

by PeterSeitel (Author)

Synopsis

This volume describes a method for interpreting oral literature that enables dialogue between insiders and outsiders of a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya (from Northwestern Tanzania) proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 260
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Nov 1998

ISBN 10: 019511700X
ISBN 13: 9780195117004