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This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized …
Singing the past: Turkic and medieval heroic poetry
by Reichl, Karl
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Singing the past: Turkic and medieval heroic poetry
by Reichl, Karl
fromMyth and poetics
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Type: Book
"Oral Epic Poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a close analysis of these Turkic works, he shows that they are typologically similar…
