Or Words to That Effect: Orality and the Writing of Literary History - Couverture rigide

 
9789027234643: Or Words to That Effect: Orality and the Writing of Literary History
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9027234647 ISBN 13 : 9789027234643
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2016

Synopsis

This volume raises questions about why oral celebrations of language receive so little attention in published literary histories when they are simultaneously recognized as fundamental to our understanding of literature. It aims to prompt debate regarding the transformations needed for literary historians to provide a more balanced and fuller appreciation of what we call literature, one that acknowledges the interdependence of oral storytelling and written expression, whether in print, pictorial, or digital form. Rather than offering a summary of current theories or prescribing solutions, this volume brings together distinguished scholars, conventional literary historians, and oral performer-practitioners from regions as diverse as South Africa, the Canadian Arctic, the Roma communities of Eastern Europe and the music industry of the American West in a conversation that engages the reader directly with the problems that they have encountered and the questions that they have explored in their work with orality and with literary history.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This volume raises questions about why oral celebrations of language receive so little attention in published literary histories when they are simultaneously recognized as fundamental to our understanding of literature. It aims to prompt debate regarding the transformations needed for literary historians to provide a more balanced and fuller appreciation of what we call literature, one that acknowledges the interdependence of oral storytelling and written expression, whether in print, pictorial, or digital form. Rather than offering a summary of current theories or prescribing solutions, this volume brings together distinguished scholars, conventional literary historians, and oral performer-practitioners from regions as diverse as South Africa, the Canadian Arctic, the Roma communities of Eastern Europe and the music industry of the American West in a conversation that engages the reader directly with the problems that they have encountered and the questions that they have explored in their work with orality and with literary history.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027234647
ISBN 13 
9789027234643
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
323
Éditeur
Chamberlain Daniel F., Chamberlin J. Edward
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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