Singing the Kyrgyz Manas : Saparbek Kasmambetov's Recitations of Epic Poetry.

Singing the Kyrgyz Manas : Saparbek Kasmambetov's Recitations of Epic Poetry.

Today, the Kyrgyz Manas is one of the most celebrated epic heroic poems in the world. At the turn of the new millennium it was appointed a UNESCO 'Masterpiece in the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Mankind', signalling its global significance. In contrast to previously published material,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard, Keith
Other Authors: Kasmambetov, Saparbek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Folkestone : BRILL, 2011.
Subjects:
Manas.
Manas
Epic literature, Kyrgyz > History and criticism.
Epic poetry > History and criticism.
Epic literature, Kyrgyz
Epic poetry
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • SINGING THE KYRGYZ MANAS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CD CONTENTS; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; PART ONE EPISODES FROM THE MANAS; EPISODE ONE MANAS IS BORN; EPISODE TWO THE MARRIAGE OF MANAS TO KANıKEY IS ARRANGED; EPISODE THREE THE GREAT BATTLE; EPISODE FOUR SEMETEY'S CHILDHOOD; EPISODE FIVE SEMETEY RETURNS TO TALAS; EPISODE SIX THE MARRIAGE OF SEMETEY; EPISODE SEVEN SEMETEY TAKES REVENGE FOR THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, MANAS; PART TWO; CHAPTER ONE ORAL EPIC POETRY AND THE MANAS; CHAPTER TWO THE KYRGYZ MANAS: RECORDED, PERFORMED AND STUDIED; CHAPTER THREE THE MANASČI, SAPARBEK KASMAMBETOV; REFERENCES.

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