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020 $a9782821854109
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035 $a(OCoLC)1086429597
100 1 $aTurin, Mark.
245 10 $aHow to Read a Folktale :$bthe Ibonia Epic from Madagascar.
260 $aCambridge :$bOpen Book Publishers,$c2015.
300 $ax-153 pages
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500 $aEbook.
506 $aAccess restricted to users with valid AUBnet account.
520 $aHow to Read a FoIktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a séries of tests and duels, he and his lover are joyfully united with a marriage that affirms the royal lineage. These fairytale elements link Ibonia with European folktales, but the taie is still very much a product of Madagascar. It contains African-style praise poetry for the hero; it presents Indonesian-style riddles and poems; and it inflates the form of folktale into epic proportions. Recorded when the Malagasy people were experiencing European contact for the first time, Ibonia proclaims the power of the ancestors against the foreigner. Through Ibonia, Lee Haring expertly helps readers to understand the very nature of folktales. His définitive translation, originally published in 1994, has now been fully revised to emphasize its poetic qualities, while his new introduction and detailed notes give insight into the fascinating imagination and symbols of the Malagasy. Haring's research connects this exotic narrative with fundamental questions not only of anthropology but also of literary criticism.
650 4 $aAfrican folklore studies
650 4 $aoral literature
650 4 $atales
650 4 $aIbonia
650 4 $aMadagascar
650 4 $afolklore africain
650 4 $alitérature orale
650 4 $aconte
700 1 $aHaring, Lee.
760 0 $x2054-362X
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