A Turkish Folktale

The Art of Behet Mahir
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-98624-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 326 g

First published in 1996. A ten-hour tale, long enough to fill a night in the telling, artful enough to keep all its listeners eagerly awake: such marathon narratives constitute a recurrent theme found in folktales worldwide. This entire book records, annotates and interprets one such rare performance, by Behcet Mahir. a man who joins great storytellers whose art has survived their deaths and transcended their native communities to become the shared heritage of a worldwide audience of lovers of oral tales.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walker, Warren S.

Lindahl, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The Legend of Hamzai Sahip Kiran; Chapter 1 First night; narration of January 9, 1977; Chapter 2 Second night; narration of January 10, 1977; Chapter 3 Third night; narration of January 11, 1977; Chapter 4 Fourth night; narration of January 12, 1977; Chapter 5 Fifth night; narration of January 13, 1977;

Über Autor(innen)

Warren S. Walker