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PRINCIPLES FOR ORAL NARRATIVE RESEARCH
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| By: |
Axel Olrik, Kirsten Wolf, Jody Jensen |
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Book |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253341752 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253341754 |
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| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1992 |
| Series: |
Folklore Studies in Translation |
| Pages: |
244 |
| Description: |
Presents a number of the basic principles for the study of folklore. This translation offers English readers the 'rules' which became the foundation of not only every folklore program in Scandinavia but also most of the programs in the rest of the Western world. It aims to develop a methodology for the study of folk narrative. |
| Synopsis: |
... 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 ForumOlrik's Grundsaetninger 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. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
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