Memory in Oral Traditions : The Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-Out Rhymes.

This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author elaborates on three structural devices that appear in oral traditions: those consisting of meaning; those using imagery; and those in which sound pattern is predominant.

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Author / Creator: Rubin, David C.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1995.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Representation of Themes in Memory -- 3. Imagery -- 4. Sound -- 5. Combining Constraints -- 6. The Transmission of Oral Traditions -- 7. Basic Observations on Remembering -- 8. A Theory of Remembering for Oral Traditions -- 9. Epic and Formulaic Theory -- 10. Counting-out Rhymes -- 11. North Carolina Ballads -- 12. Discussion -- 13. Epilogue: A Note on the Future -- References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 
520 |a This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author elaborates on three structural devices that appear in oral traditions: those consisting of meaning; those using imagery; and those in which sound pattern is predominant. 
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650 0 |a Oral tradition. 
650 0 |a Memory. 
650 0 |a Counting-out rhymes -- History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Ballads -- North Carolina -- History and criticism. 
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