Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes /
Rubin, David C.
Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes / David C. Rubin. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. - 1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-365) and indexes.
The representation of themes in memory -- Imagery -- Sound -- Combining constraints -- The transmission of oral traditions, -- Basic observations on remembering -- A theory of remembering for oral traditions -- Epic and formulaic theory -- Counting-out rhymes -- North Carolina Ballads -- Discussion.
This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author 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.
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Oral tradition.
Memory.
Counting-out rhymes--History and criticism.
Ballads, English--History and criticism.--North Carolina
Epic literature--History and criticism.
Tradition orale.
Comptines--Histoire et critique.
Ballades anglaises--Histoire et critique.--Caroline du Nord
Littérature épique--Histoire et critique.
SCIENCE--Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY--Cognitive Psychology.
Ballads, English.
Counting-out rhymes.
Epic literature.
Memory.
Oral tradition.
North Carolina.
Humans Memory (Mental processes)
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
GR67 / .R83 1995eb
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Memory in oral traditions : the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes / David C. Rubin. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. - 1 online resource (xi, 385 pages) : illustrations - OUP E-Books. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-365) and indexes.
The representation of themes in memory -- Imagery -- Sound -- Combining constraints -- The transmission of oral traditions, -- Basic observations on remembering -- A theory of remembering for oral traditions -- Epic and formulaic theory -- Counting-out rhymes -- North Carolina Ballads -- Discussion.
This text applies the methods and theories of cognitive psychology to the study of oral traditions. The author 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.
142375851X (electronic bk.) 9781423758518 (electronic bk.) 1601299206 9781601299208 1280443367 9781280443367 9786610443369 661044336X (Cloth)
94008997
Oral tradition.
Memory.
Counting-out rhymes--History and criticism.
Ballads, English--History and criticism.--North Carolina
Epic literature--History and criticism.
Tradition orale.
Comptines--Histoire et critique.
Ballades anglaises--Histoire et critique.--Caroline du Nord
Littérature épique--Histoire et critique.
SCIENCE--Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY--Cognitive Psychology.
Ballads, English.
Counting-out rhymes.
Epic literature.
Memory.
Oral tradition.
North Carolina.
Humans Memory (Mental processes)
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
GR67 / .R83 1995eb
153.1/33