Native American Discourse Poetics and Rhetoric

Klappentext The aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation! philology! analysis! and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1987! the aim of this book is to advance a fresh perspective on the presentation! philology! analysis! and interpretation of oral literature and verbal art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction Joel Sherzer and Anthony C. Woodbury; 2. Tonkawa poetics: John Rush buffalo's 'Coyote and Eagle's daughter' Dell Hymes; 3. Warm Springs Sahaptin narrative analysis Virginia Hymes; 4. Poetic structuring of Kuna discouse: the line Joel Sherzer; 5. Hearing a voice in an ancient test: Quiché Maya poetics in performance Dennis Tedlock; 6. Rhetorical structure in a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo traditional narrative Anthony C. Woodbury; Indices.

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• Authors: Sherzer, Joel Woodbury Sherzer, Joel Sherzer
• Assisted by: Anthony C. Woodbury (Editor), Ruth H. Finnegan (Editor), Joel Sherzer (Editor), Peter Burke (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 17.09.1987
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9780521338448
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33844-8
• Pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral and > 13