New light on formulas in oral poetry and prose / edited by Daniel Sävborg and Bernt Ø. Thorvaldsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sävborg, Daniel, Editor.

Thorvaldsen, Bernt Øyvind, Editor.

Series:

Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 57.

Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy (USML) ; 57

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral tradition in literature.

Philology.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

philology.

Physical Description:

ix, 368 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols [2023]

Summary:

"During the 20th century scholars discovered that oral poetry in entirely unrelated cultures in the world share a basic characteristic: the use of verbal formulas, more or less fixed word strings which were inherited from tradition. The discovery of formulas revolutionized the understanding of oral tradition, and how oral poetry was transmitted. Homer, Eddic poems, Karelian laments, Serbian heroic poetry etc. were suddenly seen in a new light. But the original Oral-Formulaic Theory has also been questioned and revised. New approaches in the study of formulas have been developed among linguists and folklorists. The present volume discusses new approaches, models and interpretations of formulas in traditional poetry and prose. The 20 authors in the volume analyze formulas in a broad context by letting oral traditions from all over the world shed light on each other. The volume aims to deepen our understanding of the function and meaning of the formulas. A unique feature is that the volume focuses equally much on formulas in oral prose as in poetry - usually formula studies have focused entirely or mainly on poetry."-- Back cover.

During the 20th century scholars discovered that oral poetry in entirely unrelated cultures in the world share a basic characteristic: the use of verbal formulas, more or less fixed word strings which were inherited from tradition. The discovery of formulas revolutionized the understanding of oral tradition, and how oral poetry was transmitted. Homer, Eddic poems, Karelian laments, Serbian heroic poetry etc. were suddenly seen in a new light. But the original Oral-Formulaic Theory has also been questioned and revised. New approaches in the study of formulas have been developed among linguists and folklorists. 00The present volume discusses new approaches, models and interpretations of formulas in traditional poetry and prose. The 20 authors in the volume analyze formulas in a broad context by letting oral traditions from all over the world shed light on each other. The volume aims to deepen our understanding of the function and meaning of the formulas. A unique feature is that the volume focuses equally much on formulas in oral prose as in poetry - usually formula studies have focused entirely or mainly on poetry.

Contents:

Formulas and formula research : an introduction / Daniel Säveborg and Bernt Ø. Thorvaldsen

Fee, fi, fo, formula : getting to grips with the concept and deciding on a definition / Frog

Formulas, collocations, and cultural memory / Stephen A. Mitchell

A formula is a habit of colliding with life / Slavica Ranković and Miloś Rancović

Chunks, collocations and constructions : the Homeric formula in cognitive and linguistic perspective / Chiara Bozzone

A further history of orality and Eddic poetry / Paul Acker

Formulas in Scottish traditional narrative : finding poetry in the prosaic / William Lamb

Towards a typology of runic formulas, with a focus on the one-word forumula in the Older Runic Inscriptions / Michael Schulte

Revisiting formula and mythic patterns and the interplay between the Poetic Edda and Vo̜lsunga Saga / Scott A. Mellor

Same meanings, different words : retelling as a mode of transmission in Old Norse-Icelandic Konungasögur tradition / Daria Glebova

Depicting violence in Íslendingasögar : a formula on the verge of legal tradition / Eugenia Kristina Vorobeva

Formulaic word-play in the poems of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / Inna Matyushina

Freeman's formulas : openings, transitions and closes / Jonathan Roper

The aesthetics of Russian folktale formulas : a view from translation studies / Tatiana Bogradanova.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9782503604282

2503604285

OCLC:

1371245163

Publisher Number:

9782503604282