Folklore genres
By: edited by Dan Ben-Amos.
Contributors: Ben-Amos, Dan.
Series: Publications of the American Folklore Society.; v. 26
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Folklore -- Methodology; Literary form; Folklore -- Classification; Folk literature -- History and criticism
Other titles: Genre.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [247]-282.
Originally published in Genre, 1969 and 1971.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Literary and linguistic analysis of folklore genres: Utley, F. L. Oral genres as a bridge to written literature. Lüthi, M. Aspects of the Märchen and the legend. Bynum, D. E. The generic nature of oral epic poetry. Oster, H. The blues as a genre. Scott, C. T. On defining the riddle.; title: The ethnography of folklore genres: Dégh, L. and Vázsonyi, A. Legend and belief. Seitel, P. Proverbs; a social use of metaphor. Toelken, B. The "pretty languages" of Yellowman; genre, mode, and texture in Navaho Coyote narratives. Hrdličková, V. Japanese professional storytellers.; title: The classification of folklore genres: Abrahams, R. D. The complex relations of simple forms. Ben-Amos, D. Analytical categories and ethnic genres.