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The oral background of Persian epics : storytelling and poetry / by Kumiko Yamamoto.
Series: Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures ; v. 26Publication details: Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2003.Description: xxiv, 191 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9004125876 :
- PK6459 .Y35 2003
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Summary: This book proposes a set of criteria for determining the extent to which oral tradition influences written Persian epics. The criteria are applied to Persian epics, the Shbh-nbme (c. 1000) and the Garshbsp-nbme (c. 1064-66).
Oral Tradition in Written Texts -- Evolution of the Persian National Legend -- Beyond the Oral-Formulaic Theory -- The Tumar, Storyteller's Sah-name -- Naqqali, Professional Storytelling in Iran -- The Tumar, the Storyteller's SNF -- Oral Tradition and the Poet -- Oral Tradition during the Early Islamic Period -- Ferdowsi's Allusions to his Sources -- The Influence of Oral Tradition on the Sah-name of Ferdowsi -- Formal Criteria -- Thematic Criteria -- Storytelling and Poetry: the Garsasp-name of Asadi -- The Later Epics -- The Garsasp-name of Asadi -- Application of the Oral Performance Model to the GN.
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London).
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-186) and index.
Oral Tradition in Written Texts -- Evolution of the Persian National Legend -- Beyond the Oral-Formulaic Theory -- The Tumar, Storyteller's Sah-name -- Naqqali, Professional Storytelling in Iran -- The Tumar, the Storyteller's SNF -- Oral Tradition and the Poet -- Oral Tradition during the Early Islamic Period -- Ferdowsi's Allusions to his Sources -- The Influence of Oral Tradition on the Sah-name of Ferdowsi -- Formal Criteria -- Thematic Criteria -- Storytelling and Poetry: the Garsasp-name of Asadi -- The Later Epics -- The Garsasp-name of Asadi -- Application of the Oral Performance Model to the GN.
This book proposes a set of criteria for determining the extent to which oral tradition influences written Persian epics. The criteria are applied to Persian epics, the Shbh-nbme (c. 1000) and the Garshbsp-nbme (c. 1064-66).
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