Story / Harold Scheub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scheub, Harold.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Storytelling--Africa, Southern.

Storytelling.

Tales--Africa, Southern.

Tales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 351 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c1998.

Summary:

What is the essence of story? How does the storyteller convey meaning? Leading scholar Harold Scheub tackles these questions and more, demonstrating that the power of story lies in emotion. While others have focused on the importance of structure in the art of story, Scheub emphasizes emotion. He shows how an expert storyteller uses structural elements-image, rhythm, and narrative-to shape a story's fundamental emotional content. The storyteller uses traditional images, repetition, and linear narrative to move the audience past the story's surface of morals and ideas, and make connections to their past, present, and future. To guide the audience on this emotional journey is the storyteller's art. The traditional stories from South African, Xhosa, and San cultures included in the book lend persuasive support to Scheub's. These stories speak for themselves, demonstrating that a skilled performer can stir emotions despite the obstacles of space, time, and culture.

Contents:

Illustrations ; Note ; Introduction ; Part One Emotions: First Principles ; Introduction ; Image ; Narrative ; Rhythm ; Trope ; Part Two Palimpsest: Three Storytellers ; Introduction ; ||kabbo ; Nongenile Masithathu Zenani ; Pauline Smith ; Conclusion ; List of Stories ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

"List of stories": p. 281-282.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-335) and index.

ISBN:

9780299159337

0299159337

9780585081144

058508114X

OCLC:

44962368

Publisher Number:

2027/heb09304 hdl