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The Oral Background of Persian Epics: Storytelling and Poetry

Name: The Oral Background of Persian Epics: Storytelling and Poetry
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ISBN: 9789004502680

Kumiko Yamamoto

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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.

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Year:

2003

Publisher:

Brill

Language:

English

Pages:

232

ISBN 10:

2002043737