Myth, Ritual and the Oral
Title | Myth, Ritual and the Oral PDF eBook |
Author | Jack Goody |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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Release | 2010-10-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1139493035 |
In Myth, Ritual and the Oral Jack Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orality and literacy, subjects that have long been a touchstone in anthropological thinking. Combining classic papers with recent unpublished work, this volume brings together some of the most important essays written on these themes in the past half century, representative of a lifetime of critical engagement and research. In characteristically clear and accessible style, Jack Goody addresses fundamental conceptual schemes underpinning modern anthropology, providing potent critiques of current theoretical trends. Drawing upon his highly influential work on the LoDagaa myth of the Bagre, Goody challenges structuralist and functionalist interpretations of oral 'literature', stressing the issues of variation, imagination and creativity, and the problems of methodology and analysis. These insightful, and at times provocative, essays will stimulate fresh debate and prove invaluable to students and teachers of social anthropology.
Myth
Title | Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Alan Segal |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0198724705 |
This Very Short Introduction explores different approaches to myth from several disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. In this new edition, Robert Segal considers both the future study of myth as well as the impact of areas such as cognitive science and the latest approaches to narrative theory.
Structural Analysis of Oral Tradition
Title | Structural Analysis of Oral Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Maranda |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2016-11-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1512804398 |
Thirteen anthropologists, including Claude Levi-Strauss, Dell Hymes, and Edmund R. Leach, examine myths, rituals, fold dramas, folk tales, riddles, and folk songs, all in the context of the cultures in which they occur.
The Ritual Theory of Myth
Title | The Ritual Theory of Myth PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Eddy Fontenrose |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 92 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780520019249 |
Myth, Ritual and Religion
Title | Myth, Ritual and Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Lang |
Publisher | |
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Release | 1968 |
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Greek Mythology and Poetics
Title | Greek Mythology and Poetics PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory Nagy |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2018-09-05 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1501732021 |
Gregory Nagy here provides a far-reaching assessment of the relationship between myth and ritual in ancient Greek society. Nagy illuminates in particular the forces of interaction and change that transformed the Indo-European linguistic and cultural heritage into distinctly Greek social institutions between the eighth and the fifth centuries B.C. Included in the volume are thirteen of Nagy's major essays—all extensively revised for book publication—on various aspects of the Hellenization of Indo-European poetics, myth and ritual, and social ideology. The primary aim of this book is to examine the Greek language as a reflection of society, with special attention to its function as a vehicle for transmitting mythology and poetics. Nagy's emphasis on the language of the Greeks, and on its comparison with the testimony of related Indo-European languages such as Latin, Indic, and Hittite, reflects his long-standing interest in Indo-European linguistics. The individual chapters examine the development of Hellenic poetics in the traditions of Homer and Hesiod; the Hellenization of Indo-European myths and rituals, including myths of the afterlife, rituals of fire, and symbols in the Greek lyric; and the Hellenization of Indo-European social ideology, with reference to such cultural institutions as the concept of the city-state. A path-breaking application of the principles of social anthropology, comparative mythology, historical linguistics, and oral poetry theory to the study of classics, Greek Mythology and Poetics will be an invaluable resource for classicists and other scholars of linguistics and literary theory.
Myth, Ritual and Religion
Title | Myth, Ritual and Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Lang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2020-08-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783337977122 |