ANTHROP 3W03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Natural Environment
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Mechanics of oral poetry (specifically epic verse) How and if they are memorized art. Doesn"t agree and thinks these don"t exist, she"s been working in africa. Written doesn"t cite lord a lot and more quotes people who didn"t have the right idea. Not memorized the material works it just isn"t true that there are varying degrees about lord. Doesn"t provide examples of how her oral poets are working and she"s saying there. Each area has it"s own traditional form. Going to the zoo to watch how a tiger behaves. Work with them as performed orally to learn what that system is. This is not just applicable for oral ethic but for all forms of oral traditions. Tries to tackle the problems with universals. A lot more of this in traditional ot. Piece in a song that are told the same way every time. Stories don"t work in a linear plot.