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Oral Epics of Central Asia

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Autor(es)
Chadwick, Nora K. ; Zhirmunsky, Victor
Título
Oral Epics of Central Asia
Publicación
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
Materias
Dondang Sayang ; Malawi ; Malaysia
Descripción física
VII, 366 or.
Tipología
Libro
ISBN / ISSN
978-0-521-14828-3
Originally published in 1969, this book consists of a revised version of Dr Chadwick's section on the oral literature of the Turkic peoples in The Growth of Literature with supplementary material on the results of research in the Soviet Union by Professor Victor Zhirmunsky. This literature is of the greatest interest and variety, and not excessively 'strange' to readers of European oral literature. It was produced by nomadic peoples with well-developed traditions of narrative heroic poetry. Dr Chadwick paraphrases and analyses the more important epics; and Professor Zhirmunsky adds a study on epic songs and their singers on the processes of oral transmission. This is a fascinating study that will be of particular interest to scholars of comparative literature and of the origins of literature generally; but it should also be read by anthropologists and scholars of folklore.