Orality and textuality in the Iranian world: patterns of interaction across the centuries

"The volume demonstrates the cultural centrality of the oral tradition for Iranian studies. It contains contributions from scholars from various areas of Iranian and comparative studies, among which are the pre-Islamic Zoroastrian tradition with its wide network of influences in late antique Me...

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Published in:Jerusalem studies in religion and culture
Corporate Author: Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World: Patterns of Interaction across the Centuries, Veranstaltung 2008, Jerusalem (Author)
Contributors: Rubanovich, Julia (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2015]
In: Jerusalem studies in religion and culture (volume 19)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Jerusalem studies in religion and culture volume 19
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iran / Literature / Textuality / Oral tradition / Oral literature / History
B Iran / Intellectual life / Persian language / Literature
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Religion and literature (Iran) History
B Transmission of texts (Iran) History
B Transmission of texts History Iran
B Zoroastrianism (Iran) History
B Iran Intellectual life
B Oral Tradition History Iran
B Folklore (Iran) History
B Oral Tradition (Iran) History
B Folklore History Iran
B Persian literature History and criticism
B Religion and literature History Iran
B Persian poetry History and criticism
B Zoroastrianism History Iran
B Iran Social life and customs
B Conference program
B Iran Study and teaching
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Summary:"The volume demonstrates the cultural centrality of the oral tradition for Iranian studies. It contains contributions from scholars from various areas of Iranian and comparative studies, among which are the pre-Islamic Zoroastrian tradition with its wide network of influences in late antique Mesopotamia, notably among the Jewish milieu; classical Persian literature in its manifold genres; medieval Persian history; oral history; folklore and more. The essays in this collection embrace both the pre-Islamic and Islamic periods, both verbal and visual media, as well as various language communities (Middle Persian, Persian, Tajik, Dari) and geographical spaces (Greater Iran in pre-Islamic and Islamic medieval periods; Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan of modern times). Taken as a whole, the essays reveal the unique blending of oral and literate poetics in the texts or visual artefacts each author focuses upon, conceptualizing their interrelationship and function. Contributors are: Frantz Grenet, Jo-Ann Gross, Charles G. Häberl, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Reuven Kiperwasser, Ulrich Marzolph, Margaret A. Mills, Ravshan Rahmoni, Karl Reichl, Julia Rubanovich, Shaul Shaked, Raya Shani, Dan Y. Shapira, Maria E. Subtelny, Gabrielle R. van den Berg, Yuhan S.-D. Vevaina, Naama Vilozny, Mohsen Zakeri, and Tsila Zan-Bar Tsur"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:"The present volume is based on the international workshop 'Orality and Textuality in the Iranian World: Patterns of interaction across the centuries', convened in December 2008 by the editor of this volume in collaboration with Shaul Shaked at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem." (Acknowledments)
Formerly CIP. - Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004291830