Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes / David C. Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, David C., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballads--North Carolina--History and criticism.

Ballads.

Counting-out rhymes--History and criticism.

Counting-out rhymes.

Epic literature--History and criticism.

Epic literature.

Memory.

Oral tradition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource e (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author elaborates on three structural devices that appear in oral traditions: those consisting of meaning; those using imagery; and those in which sound pattern is predominant.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Representation of Themes in Memory; 3. Imagery; 4. Sound; 5. Combining Constraints; 6. The Transmission of Oral Traditions; 7. Basic Observations on Remembering; 8. A Theory of Remembering for Oral Traditions; 9. Epic and Formulaic Theory; 10. Counting-out Rhymes; 11. North Carolina Ballads; 12. Discussion; 13. Epilogue: A Note on the Future; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773611-4

1-280-44336-7

1-4237-5851-X

0-19-535964-X

1-60129-920-6

OCLC:

252551095