NMAI copy 39088018589457 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Contents:
Tonka poetics: John Rush Buffalo's "Coyote and Eagle's Daughter -- Warm Springs Sahaptin narrative analysis -- Poetic structuring of Kuna discourse: the line -- Hearing a voice in an ancient text: Quiché Maya poetics in performance -- Rhetorical structure in a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo traditional narrative
Summary:
Originally published in 1987, the aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation, philology, analysis, and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Developed through commentaries and analysis of a range of texts from Native American communities, past and present, this original approach is centered on discourse, which the contributors take as being the richest point of intersection among language, culture, society, and individual expression. In discourse, individuals draw on their own artistry at the same time as they draw on the special and unique resources of the language and culture of their communities
Topic:
Folk literature, Indian--History and criticism Search this
Indian literature--History and criticism Search this