Oral Epics of Central Asia

Oral Epics of Central Asia PDF Author: Nora K. Chadwick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521148283
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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This book examines the oral literature of the nomadic Turkic peoples.

Oral Epics of Central Asia

Oral Epics of Central Asia PDF Author: Nora K. Chadwick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521148283
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Book Description
This book examines the oral literature of the nomadic Turkic peoples.

Homeric Contexts

Homeric Contexts PDF Author: Franco Montanari
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110272016
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 709

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This volume aims at offering a critical reassessment of the progress made in Homeric research in recent years, focussing on its two main trends, Neonalysis and Oral Theory. Interpreting Homer in the 21st century asks for a holistic approach that allows us to reconsider some of our methodological tools and preconceptions concerning what we call Homeric poetry. The neoanalytical and oral 'booms', which have to a large extent influenced the way we see Homer today, may be re-evaluated if we are willing to endorse a more flexible approach to certain scholarly taboos pertaining to these two schools of interpretation. Song-traditions, formula, performance, multiformity on the one hand, and Motivforschung, Epic Cycle on the other, may not be so incompatible as we often tend to think.

The Oral Epic of Siberia and Central Asia

The Oral Epic of Siberia and Central Asia PDF Author: G. M. H. Shoolbraid
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134899319
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Lectures on Central Asia

Lectures on Central Asia PDF Author: H. B. Paksoy
Publisher: HB Paksoy
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Central
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Lectures delivered in Budapest at the Central European University

The Making of the Odyssey

The Making of the Odyssey PDF Author: Martin Litchfield West
Publisher:
ISBN: 0198718365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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The poet of the Odyssey was a seriously flawed genius. He had a wonderfully inventive imagination, a gift for pictorial detail and for introducing naturalistic elements into epic dialogue, and a grand architectural plan for the poem. He was also a slapdash artist, often copying verses from the Iliad or from himself without close attention to their suitability. With various possible ways of telling the story bubbling up in his mind, he creates a narrative marked by constant inconsistency of detail. He is a fluent composer who delights in prolonging his tale with subsidiary episodes, yet his deployment of the epic language is often inept and sometimes simply unintelligible. The Making of the Odyssey is a penetrating study of the background, composition, and artistry of the Homeric Odyssey. Martin West places the poem in its late seventh-century context in relation to the Iliad and other poetry of the time. He also investigates the traditions that lie behind it: the origins of the figure of Odysseus, and folk tales such as those of the One-eyed Ogre and the Husband's Return.

Animal and Shaman

Animal and Shaman PDF Author: Julian Baldick
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814771653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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"Animal and Shaman, a comparative study of the indigenous pre-Christian and pre-Muslim religions of Central Asia, describes a common inheritance among the beliefs of the various peoples who have lived in Central Asia or have migrated from there: Scythians, Huns, Mongols, Manchus, Finns and Hungarians." "Shamans - holy men and healers among the pagan faiths - relied heavily on animal sacrifices to create spiritual purity and to nourish the soul and, as a result, animals and spirituality were locked in a mutually dependent embrace. Julian Baldick demonstrates that in pagan times there were remarkable common features in the forms of worship and spiritual expression and that these similarities were largely based on the roles of animals in the different cultures of Central Asia. He shows that these have not only survived in the myths and legends of the region but have also found their way into the mythologies of the West." "This analysis will be of importance to historians as well as to cultural and social anthropologists."--Jacket.

Central Asia Reader: The Rediscovery of History

Central Asia Reader: The Rediscovery of History PDF Author: H.B. Paksoy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315485036
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Book Description
An anthology, translated from original languages and annotated, which documents the rediscovery of history and aims to establish foundations for current political action and cultural revival in the Turkic regions of the former Soviet Union.

Essays on Central Asia

Essays on Central Asia PDF Author: HB Paksoy, D. Phil.
Publisher: Carrie/EUI
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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historical essays

Ariadne's Thread

Ariadne's Thread PDF Author: William F. Hansen
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801436703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 588

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"Ariadne's Thread is a mini-encyclopedia of more than a hundred such international oral tales, all present in the literature of ancient Greece and Rome. It takes into account writings, including early Jewish and Christian literature, recorded in or translated into Greek or Latin by writers of any nationality. As a result, this book will be invaluable not only to classicists and folklorists but also to a wide range of other readers who are interested in stories and storytelling."--BOOK JACKET.

The Modern Encyclopedia of East Slavic, Baltic, and Eurasian Literatures

The Modern Encyclopedia of East Slavic, Baltic, and Eurasian Literatures PDF Author: Harry Butler Weber
Publisher: Gulf Breeze, FL : Academic International Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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