Written voices, spoken signs : tradition, performance, and the epic text

Written voices, spoken signs : tradition, performance, and the epic text / edited by Egbert Bakker & Ahuvia Kahane.

The nine essays in this volume focus on performance and audience reception of oral poetry, inviting us to rethink some key concepts for an understanding of traditional epic poetry. Egbert Bakker examines the epic performer's use of time and tense in recounting a past that is alive. Tackling the...

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Other Authors: Bakker, Egbert J., Kahane, Ahuvia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1997.
Series:Center for Hellenic Studies colloquia.
Subjects:
Homer > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses.
Homer
Homère, > (08.?-08.? av. J.-C.) > Critique et interprétation > Congrès.
Epic poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc. > Congresses.
Comparative literature > Greek and medieval > Congresses.
Comparative literature > Medieval and Greek > Congresses.
Mythology, Greek, in literature > Congresses.
Written communication > Greece > Congresses.
Oral interpretation of poetry > Congresses.
Oral-formulaic analysis > Congresses.
Oral tradition > Greece > Congresses.
Oral tradition > Europe > Congresses.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
Oral-formulaic analysis.
POETRY > Medieval.
DRAMA > Ancient & Classical.
Mythology, Greek, in literature
Oral-formulaic analysis
Oral interpretation of poetry
Oral tradition
Written communication
Mondelinge literatuur.
Ilias (Homerus)
Odyssea (Homerus)
Poésie épique médiévale > Histoire et critique > Congrès.
Analyse des formules orales > Congrès.
Tradition orale > Grèce > Congrès.
Poésie épique grecque > Histoire et critique > Congrès.
Europe
Greece
Conference papers and proceedings
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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