17ii Archives - Oral Tradition (original) (raw)

March 2016

Volume 30, Number 1

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A Model of Defiance: Reimagining the Comparative Analysis of Concealed Discourse in Text

Jillian G. Shoichet

This paper proposes that diverse oral-traditional cultures may use similar processes to conceal expressions of political or social subversion in…

A New Algorithm for Extracting Formulas from Poetic Texts and Formulaic Density of Russian Bylinas

Dmitry Nikolayev

The problem of identifying formulas in poetic texts played an important role in folkloristics and several other fields, such as…

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James Weldon Johnson and the Speech Lab Recordings

Chris Mustazza

On December 24, 1935, James Weldon Johnson read thirteen of his poems at Columbia University, in a recording session engineered…

The Silent Debate Over the Igor Tale

Robert Mann

Mann develops an interpretation of the Slovo o polka Igoreve that focuses on its composer’s expectations and its audience’s perceptions…

Traditional Poetry in Contemporary Senegal: A Case Study of Wolof Kasak Songs

Cheikh Tidiane Lo

Lo addresses Wolof kasak songs in Senegal. He examines the contextual frame in which they are performed, the system of…

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The Ch’orti’ Maya Myths of Creation

Kerry Hull

The Ch’orti’ Maya of southern Guatemala have a rich mythology regarding the creation of the world and the human race.…

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