The Oral Background of Persian Epics : Storytelling and Poetry /
Yamamoto, Kumiko,
The Oral Background of Persian Epics : Storytelling and Poetry / Storytelling and Poetry Kumiko Yamamoto. - 1 online resource. - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures ; 26 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures ; 26. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume discusses the indirect influence of oral transmission on the genesis and evolution of the Persian written epic tradition. On the basis of formal characteristics of naqqâli (Persian storytelling) performance, a set of formal and thematic criteria is proposed to determine the extent to which written Persian epics show structures ultimately deriving from oral performance. It is applied to the Shâh-nâme of Ferdowsi (c. 1000) and to the Garshâsp-nâme of Asadi (c. 1064-66). The first part of the book examines the Oral-Formulaic Theory and proposes an alternative approach focusing on naqqâli. The book may be relevant to both oralists and Iranists; it demonstrates the complex process where orality interacts with written tradition in the genesis of the Shâh-nâme.
9789004502680 9789004125872
10.1163/9789004502680 DOI
Oral tradition in literature.
Oral tradition--Iran.
PK6459
891/.5511
The Oral Background of Persian Epics : Storytelling and Poetry / Storytelling and Poetry Kumiko Yamamoto. - 1 online resource. - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures ; 26 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 . - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures ; 26. Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume discusses the indirect influence of oral transmission on the genesis and evolution of the Persian written epic tradition. On the basis of formal characteristics of naqqâli (Persian storytelling) performance, a set of formal and thematic criteria is proposed to determine the extent to which written Persian epics show structures ultimately deriving from oral performance. It is applied to the Shâh-nâme of Ferdowsi (c. 1000) and to the Garshâsp-nâme of Asadi (c. 1064-66). The first part of the book examines the Oral-Formulaic Theory and proposes an alternative approach focusing on naqqâli. The book may be relevant to both oralists and Iranists; it demonstrates the complex process where orality interacts with written tradition in the genesis of the Shâh-nâme.
9789004502680 9789004125872
10.1163/9789004502680 DOI
Oral tradition in literature.
Oral tradition--Iran.
PK6459
891/.5511