˜Theœ content and style of an oral literature Clackamas Chinook myth and tales

Analyses of eight stories: Coyote & skunk; Badger & coyote were neighbors; Fire & his son's son; Grizzly and black bear ran away with the two girls; Grizzly woman killed people; Flint & his son's son; Awl & her son's son -- Literature as a whole -- Features of cont...

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1. Verfasser: Jacobs, Melville (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 1959
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Clackamas (Indiens) > Clackamas (Indiens) - Folklore > Clackamas - Folklore > Indiens d'Amérique - Amérique du Nord - Folklore > Clackamas Indians > Tales
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Zusammenfassung:Analyses of eight stories: Coyote & skunk; Badger & coyote were neighbors; Fire & his son's son; Grizzly and black bear ran away with the two girls; Grizzly woman killed people; Flint & his son's son; Awl & her son's son -- Literature as a whole -- Features of content: Emphases in content; Relationships; Personalities; Humor; The good; World view; Songs -- Features of style: Variability in play structures; Stylized devices & motifs; Terse delineation & speedy action
During months ... in 1929 ... and 1930, [the author] recorded Clackamas Chinook myths, tales, and ethnographic items in text and translation.... Upon completion of the manuscripts of both parts of the texts, [he] proceeded to study the content and style of the myths and tales. -Pref.
Beschreibung:Erschienen auch als Nr. 26 der Viking Foundation Publications in anthropology
Beschreibung:VIII, 285 Seiten
26 cm