In this essay Drout and Smith use new “lexomic” methods of computer-assisted statistical analysis to identify a concentration of unusual lexical, metrical, grammatical, and formulaic… Read More
This essay examines textual features of the Qur’ān that may emerge more prominently as a result of listening to it, features that might enhance insight… Read More
The fairy-seers of Southeastern Europe are generally women who are able to communicate with the invisible world. They claim to see women-like creatures and transmit… Read More
This essay considers the orality of ritual texts written in the Naxi dongba script from southwest China. Historically, the inherent orality of these texts has… Read More
This essay identifies “The Scop’s Repertoire” as an Old English traditional theme. The theme associates the making of verse with three motifs: copiousness, orality, and… Read More
This latest issue of Oral Tradition arrives somewhat later than the editors had hoped. It took us some time to regroup after producing our last… Read More
Oral Tradition, 36/1 (2023):3-36 The Mahābhārata and Ramāyaṇa present us with eight primary and embedded narratives in which an archer (usually a royal member of… Read More
By Loredana Lancini, Patrick Nunn, Meli Nanuku, Kaliopate Tavola, Taniela Bolea, Paul Geraghty, Rita Compatangelo-Soussignan Oral Tradition, 36/1 (2023):63-90 Introduction Over the past two decades,… Read More
Oral Tradition, 36/1 (2023):37-62 The Queen’s Court and Green Mountain Manuscripts (Rukopisy královédvorský a zelenohorský, together abbreviated “RKZ” in Czech) present an unusually successful case… Read More
Oral Tradition, 36/1 (2023):91-122 Introduction This article explores tense usage and tense-switching in the temporal structuring of Occitan and French oral narratives, drawing on theoretical… Read More
