Approaches to the Study of African Oral Literature

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

• Oral Literature in Africa

  Russell H Kaschula•Journal of African Cultural Studies•2013

  Incluir item

• Problems in the Integration of Oral History and Archaelogical Data in Swaziland, Southern Africa

  Open Access•Warren R Perry•Anthropology of Work Review•1991

  Incluir item

• Limba stories and story-telling

  Ruth H Finnegan, Ruth Finnegan•Limba stories and story-telling•1981

  Incluir item

• Love & death in the American novel

  Leslie A Fiedler•Love & death in the American novel•1992

  Incluir item

• Structural Analysis of Oral Tradition

  Ruth Finnegan, Pierre Maranda et al.•Man•1972

  Incluir item

• The Structure of Complex Words

  John Holloway, William Empson•The Philosophical Quarterly•1953

  Incluir item

• Traditional Swahili Poetry

  Knappert Knappert•Traditional Swahili Poetry•1967

  Incluir item

• Oral literature in Africa

  Open Access•Ruth Finnegan•Oral literature in Africa•1970

  Incluir item

• Traditional Swahili Poetry

  F B Welbourn, Jan Knappert•Journal of Religion in Africa•1969

  Incluir item

• Structuralism

  Maurice Bloch, Mike Lane et al.•Man•1970

  Incluir item