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BL
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1007138
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b761508
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| Main Entry
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Seitel, Peter.
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| Title & Author
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The powers of genre : : interpreting Haya oral literature /\ Peter Seitel.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;; 22
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1 online resource (viii, 248 pages)
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| ISBN
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0198027702
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: 9780198027706
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019511700X
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9780195117004
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.
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| Contents
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1 Introduction; Part I: Style, Theme, and Composition in Genre; 2 The Logic of Proverbs; 3 Emergent Complexities and Complex Emergencies in Folktales; 4 Heroic Society in Interlacustrine Africa; Part II: A Genre-Powered Reading of Kachwenyanja; 5 Stanzas Need No Rhyme; 6 Significance Needs Time; 7 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix: A; Appendix: B; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
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| Abstract
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The Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas need not rhyme, and how significance needs time in oral poetry and narrative. Making a controversial claim that an heroic age, similar to that of Ancient Greece, existed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this work will intrigue anyone who works in oral literat.
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Discourse analysis, Narrative-- Tanzania.
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Folk literature, Haya-- History and criticism.
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Haya (African people)-- Folklore.
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Haya language.
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Oral tradition-- Tanzania.
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Discourse analysis, Narrative.
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Folk literature, Haya.
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Haya (African people)
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Haya language.
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Oral tradition.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Folklore Mythology.
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Haya (volk)
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Mondelinge literatuur.
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Tanzania.
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| Dewey Classification
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398.2/089/967827
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| LC Classification
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GR356.72.H38S43 1999eb
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