Buch, Englisch, Band 641, 446 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 923 g
Reihe: Pacific Linguistics [PL]
Buch, Englisch, Band 641, 446 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 923 g
Reihe: Pacific Linguistics [PL]
ISBN: 978-1-61451-525-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Tahiti has a rich history of oral tradition. Early visitors to the island transcribed recitations of myth, battle address, and land description. Until now their poetic organization has remained unexplored. From a computationally assisted analysis, this book describes early use of meter and parallelism and speculates on manner of composition. It sheds light on a poetic style unanticipated for Polynesia and remarkable among world poetries.
Zielgruppe
Researchers and Students with an Interest in Poetics, Oral Traditions, and Polynesian Languages and Literatures