TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yamamoto,Kumiko
TI  - The Oral Background of Persian Epics: Storytelling and Poetry 
T2  - Brill Studies in Middle Eastern Literatures
SN  - 9789004502680
AV  - PK6459 
U1  - 891/.5511 23
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Oral tradition in literature
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - Iran
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004502680
ER  -