Approaches to the Study of African Oral Literature

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7549811
AutoresT O Beidelman, Ruth Finnegan (0000-0002-0084-265X)
Año1972
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas140-147
Fecha de publicación1972-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1158982
OpenAlexW2120127911
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas10

Opening Paragraph Dr. Ruth Finnegan's study Oral Literature in Africa (The Oxford Library of African Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970, pp. xix+558, £5) is likely to become an influential book. It surveys and summarizes much of our knowledge regarding the basic forms of African oral literature. Although there have been a number of essays published discussing some of the issues involved in recording, analysing, and appreciating such literature, as well as on the use of oral tradition for historical studies, this is the first modern attempt to take stock of our general knowledge in this field and to suggest how and along what paths future research should proceed

African studies · Art · Literature · Oral literature · Paragraph · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Representation · History · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies