The Story of Barzu : As Told by Two Storytellers from Boysun, Uzbekistan / R. Rahmoni, G.R. van den Berg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raḣmonī, Ravshani, editor.

van den Berg, G.R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism.

Literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The ancient Persian storytelling tradition has survived until the present day among the Tajik villages in the Gissar mountains of Uzbekistan. This book explores the story of Barzu and demonstrates that the historical Transoxania, since the time of Alexander the Great, has always been a melting pot of diverse shared cultures. In the village of Pasurxi, near Boysun in the Surxandaryo region of contemporary Uzbekistan, a vivid oral tradition exists on the basis of stories from the Persian Book of Kings or ohnoma (Shahnama), composed more than a thousand years ago by the poet Firdavsi (Ferdowsi). These stories deal with the hero Barzu. The storytellers Jura Kamol and Mullo Ravían composed two different versions of the story of Barzu in the Tajik as spoken in the Surxandaryo region. They used to tell their stories during evening gatherings in the village.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100451

ISBN:

9789087282868

OCLC:

982228281

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access