Folklore Genres /

Folklore Genres / / ed. by Dan Ben-Amos.

The essays in Folklore Genres represent development in folklore genre studies, diverging into literary, ethnographic, and taxonomic questions. The study as a whole is concerned with the concept of genre and with the history of genre theory. A selective bibliography provides a guide to analytical and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
Abrahams, Roger D.,
Ben-Amos, Dan,
Bynum, David E.,
Dégh, Linda,
Hrdličková, V.,
Lee Utley, Francis,
Lüthi, Max,
Oster, Harry,
Scott, Charles T.,
Seitel, Peter,
Toelken, Barre,
Vázsonyi, Andrew,
HerausgeberIn:
Ben-Amos, Dan,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1976
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (338 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Literary and Linguistic Analysis of Folklore Genres
  • 1. Oral Genres as a Bridge to Written Literature
  • 2. Aspects of the Märchen and the Legend
  • 3. The Generic Nature of Oral Epic Poetry
  • 4. The Blues as a Genre
  • 5. On Defining the Riddle: The Problem of a Structural Unit
  • Part Two. The Ethnography of Folklore Genres
  • 6. Legend and Belief
  • 7. Proverbs: A Social Use of Metaphor
  • 8. The "Pretty Languages" of Yellowman: Genre, Mode, and Texture in Navaho Coyote Narratives
  • 9. Japanese Professional Storytellers
  • Part Three. The Classification of Folklore Genres
  • 10. The Complex Relations of Simple Forms
  • 11. Analytical Categories and Ethnic Genres
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • A Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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