Folk Poetry of Modern Greece

Klappentext A wide-ranging study of popular poetry and songs from the end of the Byzantine Empire to the present. Zusammenfassung Covering 500 years of history and an area stretching from Corsica to Cyprus and north into the Balkans! this is an exploration of a single cultural tradition of folk poetry and songs composed and handed down by word of mouth by villagers! minstrels and poorer inhabitants of Ottoman and Greek cities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Maps; 1. Introduction; 2. The demotic tradition: the song; 3. Structure of the demotic tradition: the formula; 4. Structure of the demotic tradition: imagery and themes; 5. The emergence of the demotic tradition; 6. Function of the demotic tradition: the songs and history; 7. The songs as myth; 8. One tradition or several?; 9. The historical tradition; 10. Greek folk poetry and writing; Notes; Glossary of Greek words transliterated in the text; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Roderick Beaton, Beaton Roderick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2004
• EAN: 9780521604208
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60420-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Modern Greek, Literary studies: poetry and poets