The Singer of Tales in Performance (Voices in Performance and Text) - Hardcover
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Building on his work in Traditional Oral Epic and Immanent Art, John Foley dissolves the perceived barrier between "oral" and "written," creating a composite theory from oral-formulaic theory and the ethnography of speaking and ethnopoetics.
"...a groundbreaking work of scholarship that clears the path for solving the perennial problem of the interpretation of oral-derived texts. The book will be of immense value to students of folklore and literature, and to those seriously interested in the interface of the two traditionally divided disciplines." -- Asian Folklore Studies
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Both living oral traditions and texts with roots in oral tradition share a context in which the speaker performs for an audience, either real or implied. John Foley argues that the methods and strategies of traditional oral expression-of 'the singer of tales'-persist into the realm of texts. This study dissolves the perceived barrier between 'oral' and 'written', creating a composite theory from oral-formulaic theory and the ethnography of speaking and ethnopoetics. Foley highlights both the idiom of the oral work, which is at once traditional and individual, and the realm of performance, which gives 'the tale' its expressive force.
About the Author:
JOHN MILES FOLEY is William H. Byler Distinguished Professor of English and Classical Studies at the University of Missouri and director of the Center for Studies in Oral Tradition. He is author of The Theory of Oral Composition, Traditional Oral Epic, and Immanent Art, and founding editor of the journal Oral Tradition.
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- PublisherIndiana Univ Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0253322251
- ISBN 13 9780253322258
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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