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100			_a Reichl, Karl _eauthor.
245			_aThe oral epic : from performance to interpretation / _cKarl Reichl
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a269p.
505			_aIntroductionPart I: Settings1 How to Identify an Oral EpicOral: shades and gradesThe challenge of native classificationAn African interludeThe Uzbek dastan2 The SingerEpic singers: types and termsHow to become an epic singerThe chain of transmissionCreativity and innovation3 Introducing PerformanceThe ethnography of communicationTextualizationPart II: Performance4 VoiceSpeakingSingingShamanic voices5 GestureConventional gestures: the Karakalpak jïraw Stylized gestures: the Kyrgyz manaschï Gesture and inspirationGesture, miming, stage props6 Oral Epics as SongsSong as vehicle, song as music‘Riding the song’: the singing of the Kyrgyz epic ManasMusic and metre: some examples 7 Voice and InstrumentGusle, qobïz, horse-head fiddleLute, dutar, dombiraThe interplay of song and instrumentPart III: Interpretation8 Words, Music, MeaningMeaning and expressionWhat’s in a name?ImitationLeitmotifs in Siberian oral epicsExpression and convention9 The Singer and the TalePoint of ViewMythological epics, sacred timeFirst-person narration, shamanic tracesThe narrator’s presence in the narrative10 Performance and InterpretationVisualization and imagingAria and recitativeFrom context to textAppendicesA Notes on Oral Epic TraditionsB Audio/Video ExamplesC Discography
650			_aOral tradition in literature
650			_aEpic poetry
650			_a Central Asia
650			_aEpic poetry, Turkic Asia, Central History and criticism
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