Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes

Author

Reynolds, Dwight F.

Year

1995

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Type

BOOK

Description

An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds reveals how the epic tradition continues to provide a context for social interaction and commentary. Reynolds’s account is based on performances in the northern Egyptian village in which he studied as an apprentice to a master epic-singer. Reynolds explains in detail the narrative structure of the Sirat Bani Hilal as well as the tradition of epic singing. He sees both living epic poets and fictional epic heroes as figures engaged in an ongoing dialogue with audiences concerning such vital issues as ethnicity, religious orientation, codes of behavior, gender roles, and social hierarchies.

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Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes

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Hearing God's Voice

Hearing God's Voice

Die Rolle von Anschauung und Begriff bei Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

Die Rolle von Anschauung und Begriff bei Johann Gottlieb Fichte.

Episches Erzählen bei Goethe als Reflexion auf moderne Zeitlichkeit

Episches Erzählen bei Goethe als Reflexion auf moderne Zeitlichkeit

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