Title from container. Release date supplied by publisher. Recording originally produced by Crescite Group, LLC, p2014. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). "8 lectures"--Container. Lecture given by Michael D.C. Drout.
Contents:
"90% of all poetry ever made": the scope of oral tradition -- Not quite "just making it up as they go along": the theory of oral composition -- How oral traditions create art and beauty: aesthetics and the south Slavic tradition -- Homer's immanent art -- "Sweetly sang the scop": Beoqulf and tradition dependence -- Oral tradition and national mythologies: the Finnish Kalevala and the Scottish Ossian ballads -- Beyond the west: Zuni narratives, Siri Epic, and Xhosa praise poetry -- Oral tradition in the age of digital reproduction.
Summary:
Professor Drout traces literature back to its ultimate sources in oral tradition, showing us how works as varied as the Odyssey, Beowulf, the Finnish Kalevala, and epic songs from the former Yugoslavia were shaped by their origins as songs sung--and composed--before a live audience. Understanding the oral roots of these great works lets us see them in a hwole new light. From classical texts to contemporary media, Drout demonstrates how the dynamics or oral tradition shape the verbal art that makes us who we are.
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