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Medieval Oral Literature
Medieval literature is to a large degree shaped by orality, not only with regard to performance, but also to transmission and composition. Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. ‘Medieval Oral Literature’, a volume in the ‘De Gruyter Lexikon’ series, was written by an international team of twenty-five scholars and offers a thorough discussion of theoretical approaches as well as detailed presentations of individual traditions and genres. In addition to chapters on the oral-formulaic theory, on the interplay of orality and writing in the Early Middle Ages, on performance and performers, on oral poetics and on ritual aspects of orality, there are chapters on the Older Germanic, Romance, Middle High German, Middle English, Celtic, Greek-Byzantine, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Turkish traditions of oral literature. There is a special focus on epic and lyric, genres that are also discussed in separate chapters, with additional chapters on the ballad and on drama.
The Theory of Oral Composition
" . . . excellent book . . . " —The Classical Outlook " . . . brief and readable . . . There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of oral tradition . . . a remarkable book." —Asian Folklore Studies "The bibliography is a boon for students and faculty at any level who are curious about the nature, composition, and performance of oral poetry." —Choice " . . . concise, evolutionary account . . . " —Religious Studies Review "As ever, Professor Foley's conscientious scholarship and sound judgements combine to make a further substantial contribution to the field." —E. C. Hawkesworth, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, The Slavonic Review "...
California Slavic Studies
This volume completes a program of publishing distinguished essays on a wide range of Slavic topics.
Traditional Oral Epic
John Miles Foley offers an innovative and straightforward approach to the structural analysis of oral and oral-derived traditional texts. Professor Foley argues that to give the vast and complex body of oral "literature" its due, we must first come to terms with the endemic heterogeneity of traditional oral epics, with their individual histories, genres, and documents, as well as both the synchronic and diachronic aspects of their poetics. Until now, the emphasis in studies of oral traditional works has been placed on addressing the correspondences among traditions—shared structures of "formula," "theme," and "story-pattern." Traditional Oral Epic explores the incongruencies among traditions and focuses on the qualities specific to certain oral and oral-derived works. It is certain to inspire further research in this field.
The Habsburg Garrison Complex in Trebinje
Following the imposition of Habsburg rule on Ottoman Bosnia in 1878, a new garrison was constructed in the old citadel of Trebinje. By using a micro-historical approach, this innovative book tells the story of the garrison in times of peace and war, describing the way in which the Austro-Hungarian administration rapidly transformed Trebinje into a tree-lined city dominated by the army. Yet, the Habsburg "civilizing mission," marked by the building of hospitals, schools, roads, and railways was accompanied by ruthless violence against those who resisted the new foreign occupiers, especially after 1914. The tragic violence is described in the book alongside accounts of daily life. By personalizing historical events, the narrative reveals the perspective of people who found themselves in Trebinje and its garrison complex: the ordinary soldier, the condemned “insurgent,” the career officer, the cook, the shepherdess, the hotelier, or the journalist—all willing or unwilling participants in an extra-European style colonial project in the heart of Europe.
Approaches to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey
Approaches to Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' consists of ten original essays on the Iliad and Odyssey by established Homeric scholars and university professors of Greek literature and culture. The anthology offers not only fresh approaches to reading, appreciating, and understanding these Homeric epics, but also attempts to make a case why these works are still relevant in the twenty-first century. Both epics are required reading in most college/university general and world literature courses, as is evident from their inclusion in part or in whole in many standard world literature anthologies. These ten new approaches to the first literary works of Western culture are intended as reading aids for both instructors and students in any college/university classroom in which either of these two Homeric epics are taught.
Folkloristièni portreti iz 20. stoletja.
Folkloristièni portreti iz dvajsetega stoletja se omejujejo na obdobje konstituiranja slovstvene folkloristike kot samostojne interdisciplinarne vede. V njej je predstavljenih štirinajst osebnosti, ki so se zavestno vkljuèile v proces njenega osamosvajanja in ga še posebej zaznamuje stališèe do mitološke teorije. To so: Jiøi Polívka, Jakob Kelemina, Matija Murko, Ivan Koštiál, Ivan Grafenauer, France Kotnik, Joža Glonar, France Stel?, Janko Glazer, Pavle Zablatnik, Vinko Möderndorfer, Lojze Zupanc, Janez Dolenc in Milko Matièetov.
Homo Narrans
Homo Narrans explores how human beings shape their world through the stories they tell. Author John D. Niles ponders the nature of the storytelling impulse, the social function of narrative, and the role of individual talent in oral tradition.
Slovenska literarna veda od začetkov do druge svetovne vojne
Monografija Slovenska literarna veda od Trubarja do druge svetovne vojne je življenjsko delo Darka Dolinarja, strokovnjaka za zgodovino in metodologijo literarne vede na Slovenskem. Njegova knjiga prvič pri nas v obliki znanstvene sinteze predstavlja razvoj strokovnega in znanstvenega obravnavanja literature od zametkov v obdobju reformacije prek baročnega in razsvetljenskega polihistorstva ter začetkov nacionalne literarne zgodovine v 19. stoletju do vzpostavitve literarne vede kot temeljne univerzitetne discipline leta 1919 in nadaljnjega razvoja njenih različnih usmeritev, med njimi tudi primerjalne književnosti, vse do začetka druge svetovne vojne. Dolinarjevo delo odpravlja dolgoletno vrzel v slovenski literarni vedi, ki je sicer ne bi in še dolgo ne bo zapolnil nihče drug. Slovenski literarni znanstveniki, raziskovalci, učitelji in študenti književnosti v dobi nemara najhujše krize humanistike za bolj premišljen in prodoren odziv nanjo potrebujejo trdne opore v historični vednosti o zasnovah, pomenu in razvojnih premikih ter predhodnih krizah svoje discipline. Dolinarjeve knjiga tako zaledje vsekakor zagotavlja.
A Story as Sharp as a Knife
The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For a thousand years and more before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished in these islands. The masterworks of classical Haida sculpture, now enshrined in many of the world's great museums, range from exquisite tiny amulets to magnificent huge housepoles. Classical Haida literature is every bit as various and fine. It extends from tiny jewels crafted by master songmakers to elaborate mythic cycles lasting many hours. The linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last great Haida-speaking storytellers, poets and historians from the fall of 1900 through the summer of 1901. His Haida hosts and colleagues had been raised in a wholly oral world where the mythic and the personal interpenetrate completely. They joined forces with their visitor, consciously creating a great treasury of Haida oral literature in written form. Poet and linguist Robert Bringhurst has worked for many years with these century-old manuscripts, which have waited until now for the broad recognition they deserve.
