Sherzer

Native American Discourse

Poetics and Rhetoric
Herausgeber: Burke, Peter; Finnegan, Ruth H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation, philology, analysis, and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 427g
• ISBN-13: 9780521338448
• ISBN-10: 0521338441
• Artikelnr.: 26010610

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction Joel Sherzer and Anthony C. Woodbury
2. Tonkawa poetics: John Rush buffalo's 'Coyote and Eagle's daughter' Dell Hymes
3. Warm Springs Sahaptin narrative analysis Virginia Hymes
4. Poetic structuring of Kuna discouse: the line Joel Sherzer
5. Hearing a voice in an ancient test: Quiché Maya poetics in performance Dennis Tedlock
6. Rhetorical structure in a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo traditional narrative Anthony C. Woodbury
Indices.