1st Edition
Routledge Revivals: Turkic Oral Epic Poetry (1992) Traditions, Forms, Poetic Structure
By Karl Reichl
Copyright 1992
412 Pages
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Routledge
412 Pages
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Routledge
416 Pages
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Routledge
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Originally published in 1992, Turkic Oral Poetry provides an expert introduction to the oral epic traditions of the Turkic peoples of central Asia. The book seeks to remedy the problem of non-specialists’ lack of access to information on the Turkic traditions, and in the process, it provides scholars in various disciplines with material for comparative investigation. The book focuses on... Read more
Preface
Introduction
A Note on Transcription and Pronunciation
1. The Turkic Peoples: Backgrounds and Contexts
2. Turkic Epic Poetry: The Earliest Documents
3. The Singer: Shaman, Minstrel, Poet
4. Performance
5. Genre
6. Story-Patterns
7. The Varieties of Formulaic Diction
8. Composition in Performance and the Art of Memory
9. Rhetoric, Style, Narrative Technique
10. Transformations in Space and Time
Bibliography
Glossary of Terms
Index
Biography
Karl Reichl
