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Importance of Oral Ritual Calendric Poetry
Calendric lyric poetry as a folk tradition plays an important role in ethnic cultures. It is an area where cultural researchers, anthropologist and sociologists find answers to a lot of questions. Oral folk tradition in general and calendric lyric poetry
Atdhe Hykolli, Seniha Krasniqi
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The poet Boerneef (pseudonym of I. W. van der Merwe, 1897-1967) referred to his own poetry as volkspoësie (oral poetry). This is in contradistinction to the usual conception of oral literature as traditional verbal art handed down by word of mouth and ...
Wium van Zyl
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Orality, Literacy, Modernity and Modern African Poetry
This paper attempts to locate and situate how Modem African Poetry turned the corner from a beginning encapsulated in poetic lines which are influenced and modeled after Western style and poets, to embracing forms of African oral traditions.
Olumide Olugbemi-Gabriel
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Performance poetry, in general, is a multifaceted field: a varied art form that emerged from many different traditions. The main conception of oral poetry that can describe this poetic technique is spoken-word poetry.
Ghada Mohamed Ali Mahran +1 more
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How does a society manage its knowledge? Which mechanisms does it develop to accelerate or, on the contrary, limit the production of knowledge? With the digital revolution, modern society appears obsessed by the need to collect and accumulate all ...
David Bouvier
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Promoting women empowerment through songs: Barmani Choge and her performances
This paper examines the oral performances of Hausa poet Hajiya Sa’adatu Barmani Choge (1945-2013). Her songs promoted the genre of music called Amada; music performed using calabash ensemble in northern Nigeria.
Umma Aliyu Musa
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Mythological Names and dróttkvætt Formulae I: When is a Valkyrie Like a Spear?
This article explores patterns of language use in oral poetry within a variety of semantic formula. Such a formula may vary its surface texture in relation to phonic demands of the metrical environment in which it is realized.
- Frog
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Paanthungi, Puisi Lisan Gorontalo sebagai Media Pemertahanan Bahasa Daerah
The purpose of this study is to describe Panthungi, Gorontalo's oral poetry as a medium for maintaining local languages. This research is descriptive in nature which is the result of a literature review related to Paanthungi.
Ellyana Hinta +3 more
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Die Sonette an Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke from the perspective of the Mɨnɨka rafue
Here are analyzed Die Sonette an Orpheus (1922) by Rainer Maria Rilke from an indigenous theoretical framework with two purposes: 1. To explore the intercultural possibilities of literary studies. 2. Highlight the aesthetic modernity of oral poetry.
Selnich Vivas Hurtado
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Oral lyric poetry in a dialect can be found neither in the curriculum nor in textbooks. The purpose of this paper is to promote homeland literature as a step toward gaining insight into universal culture and civilization while its main objective is to ...
Kristina Mitić
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