Medieval Oral Literature

Published by De Gruyter 2012

Medieval Oral Literature

Edited by: Karl Reichl

In the series De Gruyter Lexikon

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110241129

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About this book

Medieval literature is to a large degree shaped by orality, not only with regard to performance, but also to transmission and composition. Although problems of orality have been much discussed by medievalists, there is to date no comprehensive handbook on this topic. ‘Medieval Oral Literature’, a volume in the ‘De Gruyter Lexikon’ series, was written by an international team of twenty-five scholars and offers a thorough discussion of theoretical approaches as well as detailed presentations of individual traditions and genres. In addition to chapters on the oral-formulaic theory, on the interplay of orality and writing in the Early Middle Ages, on performance and performers, on oral poetics and on ritual aspects of orality, there are chapters on the Older Germanic, Romance, Middle High German, Middle English, Celtic, Greek-Byzantine, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Turkish traditions of oral literature. There is a special focus on epic and lyric, genres that are also discussed in separate chapters, with additional chapters on the ballad and on drama.

Comprehensive handbook
Special focus on epic and lyric
Written by an international team of scholars

Author / Editor information

Karl Reichl, University of Bonn, Germany.

Reviews

"Karl Reichl, the veteran researcher of both Middle English romances and Turkic oral epic, has assembled a dream team of international experts [...] It is interesting to speculate which half of the book will stand up the best in twenty, thirty, or forty years’ time. [...] The answer to our speculative question might be that both halves of the handbook have elements that may prove lasting. Of course, it is only books with a breadth and depth similar to this one that can have such questions asked of them."
Jonathan Roper in: Folklore, 129:2, 208-209, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0015587X.2017.1373950

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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Note on Transliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXI
INTRODUCTION
1 Plotting the Map of Medieval Oral Literature Karl Reichl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
PART I. CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES
2 Oral Theory and Medieval Literature John Miles Foley and Peter Ramey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
3 The Written Word in Context: The Early Middle Ages Michael Richter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
4 Orality and Literacy: The Case of Anglo-Saxon England Katherine O’Keeffe O’Brien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
5 Performance and Performers Joseph Harris and Karl Reichl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
6 Oral Poetics: The Linguistics and Stylistics of Orality Thomas A. DuBois Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
7 Oral Literature, Ritual, and the Dialectics of Performance Panagiotis Roilos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
PART II TRADITIONIS AND GENRES
8 Older Germanic Poetry With a Note on the Icelandic Sagas Joseph Harris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
9 Oral Tradition and Performance in Medieval Ireland Joseph Falaky Nagy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
10 Medieval German Literature: Literacy, Orality and Semi-Orality Jan-Dirk Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
11 Middle English Romances and the Oral Tradition Ad Putter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
12 The Chanson de geste and Orality Dominique Boutet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
13 The Italian Cantari between Orality and Writing Raffaele Morabito Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
14 Court Poetry, Village Verse: Romanian Oral Epic in the Medieval World Margaret H. Beissinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
15 Hispanic Epic and Ballad Roger Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
16 The Late-Medieval Ballad Thomas Pettitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
17 Medieval Greek Epic Poetry Elizabeth Jeffreys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	459
18 The Song of Igor and its Medieval Context in Russian Oral Poetry S. N. Azbelev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
19 Oral Traditions in a Literate Society: The Hebrew Literature of the Middle Ages Eli Yassif Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499
20 Woman’s Song in Medieval Western Europe Anne L. Klinck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521
21 Popular Song and the Middle English Lyric Karin Boklund-Lagopoulou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	555
22 The Pastourelle as a Popular Genre Lucilla Spetia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	581
23 Andalusī-Arabic Strophic Poetry as an Example of Literary Hybridization: Ibn Quzmān’s ‘Zajal 147’ (The Poet’s Reluctant Repentance) James T. Monroe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	601
24 Orality and the Tradition of Arabic Epic Storytelling Thomas Herzog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	629
25 Orality in Medieval Persian Literature Julia Rubanovich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	653
26 Medieval Turkish Epic and Popular Narrative Karl Reichl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	681
27 Dramatic Pastime, Custom and Entertainment Thomas Pettitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	701
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Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	729

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (Literary Studies and Linguistics), Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 21
- Main content: 743
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20
Keywords: Medieval Literature; Oral epic; Orality; Performance

eBook

Published: November 30, 2011
ISBN: 9783110241129

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110189346

Paperback

Published: January 29, 2016
ISBN: 9783110447613