Explore
A Typology and Classification of Three Literary Genres
Taghi Shokoufeh
2016
0 Ungluers have
Faved this Work
Login to Fave
The present study explores the definition, distinctive features and classification of three genres of children’s oral literature, taraneh, matal and afsaneh. It also presents new findings regarding the unique linguistic structure of each genre and describes the method developed by older Iranian women to educate children in a traditional oral education system. Numerous literary examples of each genre are cited, as narrated by old and illiterate female informants. The research comprised library and field studies. 50 Iranian women participated in the field study and were divided into two groups, one in Iran and one in Sweden. This study aims to show that the addressees of the above-mentioned genres are children of different ages. It also aims to prove that these types of narratives were meant to educate children at a time when oral traditions were the only way to teach fundamental lessons in a concrete form. Therefore these stories are fundamentally different from narratives meant for adults.
The work aims to be useful for other researchers working in the field of oral literature. The texts published here can also serve as a resource for comparing oral and written language, and may be helpful for child educators, parents and children’s writers.
This book is included in DOAB.
Why read this book? Have your say.
You must be logged in to comment.
Rights Information
Are you the author or publisher of this work? If so, you can claim it as yours by registering as an Unglue.it rights holder.Downloads
This work has been downloaded 0 times via unglue.it ebook links.
- 0 - pdf (CC BY-NC-ND) at OAPEN Library.
Keywords
- thema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2B Indic, East Indo-European and Dravidian languages::2BX Indo-Iranian languages
- thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics
- thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFP Translation and interpretation
Links
DOI: 10.33063/fb0fax05Editions