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  1. The powers of genre
    interpreting Haya oral literature
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  Oxford Univ. Press, New york [u.a.]

    Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth
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  2. The powers of genre
    interpreting Haya oral literature
    Published: c1999
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 019511700X; 9780195117004
    Series: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 22
    Subjects: Discourse analysis, Narrative; Folk literature, Haya; Haya (African people); Haya language; Oral tradition; Volksliteratur; Haya-Sprache; Volkskultur; Haya; Mündliche Literatur
    Scope: viii, 248 p
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-240) and index

  3. Methali katika jamii ya Wahaya
    fasihi simulizi ya Mtanzania
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Kiswahili Researched Products, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    On the proverbs of the Haya people more

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    On the proverbs of the Haya people

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: Swahili
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9789987548187; 9987548180
    Edition: Toleo la Pali 2
    Subjects: Proverbs, Haya; Folk literature, Haya; Haya (African people)
    Scope: XIII, 69 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69)

  4. The powers of genre
    interpreting Haya oral literature
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0198027702; 9780195117004; 9780198027706
    RVK Categories: EP 20229
    Series: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 22
    Subjects: Discourse analysis, Narrative; Folk literature, Haya; Haya (African people); Oral tradition; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Folk literature, Haya; Haya (African people); Haya language; Oral tradition; Mondelinge literatuur; Haya (volk); Haya (African people); Folk literature, Haya; Oral tradition; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Haya language; Volkskultur; Haya-Sprache; Mündliche Literatur; Volksliteratur; Haya
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 248 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index

    1 Introduction; Part I: Style, Theme, and Composition in Genre; 2 The Logic of Proverbs; 3 Emergent Complexities and Complex Emergencies in Folktales; 4 Heroic Society in Interlacustrine Africa; Part II: A Genre-Powered Reading of Kachwenyanja; 5 Stanzas Need No Rhyme; 6 Significance Needs Time; 7 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix: A; Appendix: B; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

    The Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas need not rhyme, and how significance needs time in oral poetry and narrative. Making a controversial claim that an heroic age, similar to that of Ancient Greece, existed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this work will intrigue anyone who works in oral literat

  5. <<The>> powers of genre
    interpreting Haya oral literature
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y.

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 019511700x
    RVK Categories: EP 20229
    Series: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 22
    Subjects: Haya (African people); Folk literature, Haya; Oral tradition; Discourse analysis, Narrative; Haya language
    Scope: VIII, 248 S., graph. Darst., 24cm
    Notes:

    Literaturverz. S. 237 - 240

  6. Methali katika jamii ya Wahaya
    fasihi simulizi ya Mtanzania
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Kiswahili Researched Products, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    4 A 50814
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    On the proverbs of the Haya people

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: Swahili
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9789987548187; 9987548180
    Edition: Toleo la Pali 2
    Subjects: Proverbs, Haya; Folk literature, Haya; Haya (African people)
    Scope: XIII, 69 S.
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69)