New Light on Formulas in Oral Poetry and Prose - Daniel Sävborg
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New Light on Formulas in Oral Poetry and Prose is een boek van Daniel Sävborg. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2023Uitgever: Brepols Publishers371 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503604285ISBN-13: 9782503604282Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary During the twentieth century scholars discovered that oral poetry in entirely unrelated cultures in the world share a basic characteristic: the use of verbal formulas, more or less fixed word strings, which were inherited from tradition. The discovery of formulas revolutionized the understanding of oral tradition, and how oral poetry was transmitted. Homer, Eddic poems, Karelian laments, Serbian heroic poetry, etc., were suddenly seen in a new light. But the original Oral-Formulaic Theory has also ...
