The epic of Son-Jara : a west African tradition

著者

• Johnson, John William
• Sisòkò, Fa-Digi

書誌事項

The epic of Son-Jara : a west African tradition

notes, translation, and new introduction by John William Johnson ; text by Fa-Digi Sisòkò ; transcribed and translated with the assistance of Charles S. Bird ... [et al.]

（African epic series）

Indiana University Press, 1992

1st Midland Book ed

• cloth
• : paper

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-148)

内容説明・目次

内容説明

" . . . a major addition to the literature on oral traditions." -Journal of Religion in Africa This 750-year-old epic celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes a virtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects of Mande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introduction that provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the recitation of this African epic.

目次

Preface Introduction The Hero The Bard The Text The Epic Annotations Genealogy Bibliography

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA27951200
• ISBN:
  • 0253331021
  • 0253207134
• LCCN: 91027300
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: man
• 出版地: Bloomington
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 148 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PL8491.9.E63
  • DC20 : 896/.34
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Keita, Soundiata, d. 1255 -- In literature
  • LCSH : Epic of Son-Jara
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA23380797