Principles for Oral Narrative Research

von Axel Olrik

242 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

" . . . Wolf and Jensen's English translation of the entire book puts the famous laws into a very useful perspective . . . " -Choice " . . . it is full of clever ideas and observations, and alive with the personality of the writer-lucid, astute and fair." -British Folklore Studies Forum Olrik's Grundsætninger sets forth a number of the basic principles for the study of folklore and outlines his "epic laws" of oral narrative. With this long-awaited translation, English readers now have available the "rules" which became the foundation of many folklore programs and the basis for the study of folk narrative.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press
• ISBN: 9780253341754
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.06.1992
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Axel Olrik
• Übersetzung: Kirsten Wolf