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Reflections on theories and methods in oral literature

Title
Reflections on theories and methods in oral literature / edited by Okoth Okombo and Jane Nandwa.
Publication
Nairobi : Kenya Oral Literature Association, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Okoth-Okombo, Duncan.
  • Nandwa, Jane.
  • Kenya Oral Literature Association.
Description
vi, 167 p.; 19 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Papers presented at a forum Feb. 5-7, 1992 sponsored by the Kenya Oral Literature Association.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The genesis of theory : the case of Kenyan oral literature / Masheti Masinjila -- The place of ethnomethodology in the study of oral literature Okoth Okombo -- Oral literature, art and aesthetics / Boyd White -- Interviewing on aesthetics / Sultan Somjee -- The oral artist and the gender dimenstion / Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira -- The play of deconstruction in the speech of Africa : the role of pakruok and ngero in telling culture in Dholuo / Peter S.O. Amuka -- Tackling an elusive genre : issues in the study of the riddle / Milton Obote -- Structural and thematic interconnections in the Elima ngando epic of Zaire / Mubima Maneniang -- Theoretical and methodological approaches to riddling / Hezekiel Njau Njoroge -- Teaching oral literature in conditions of theoretical pluralism / Henry Indangasi -- Okot P'Bitek and the use of oral literature / Monica Mweseli.
Call Number
Sc C 94-86
OCLC
  • 28228072
  • NYPG94-B20617
Title
Reflections on theories and methods in oral literature / edited by Okoth Okombo and Jane Nandwa.
Imprint
Nairobi : Kenya Oral Literature Association, 1992.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Okoth-Okombo, Duncan.
Nandwa, Jane.
Kenya Oral Literature Association.
Research Call Number
Sc C 94-86
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