Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes
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Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes
Oxford University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. Rubin 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. Next, the way in which these and other constraints fit together is examined. The processes of transmission and recall are then considered. Three genres are considered as different applications of
the principles outlined in the book. For two of these - counting-out rhymes and ballads - original studies are reported. For the third - epic - new analyses of existing data are reported.
Table of 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
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