Hikâye, Turkish folk romance as performance art
Offers a study of Turkish romance. This work presents descriptions of the singers who perform these tales, the performance venues, interactions between singers and audiences, and the romance texts as artistic objects. It contains cognates in Persian and Arabic tale-telling, as well as links to European medieval romances.
x, 322 p. : il. ; 23 cm.
9780253380173, 0253380170
912626874
PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Kars3. The Ashik4. Pattern and Structural Analysis of the Hikâye5. Performance6. The AudienceEpilogue: A Sad FarewellAppendix A Plot Outlines of Fifty Hikâye RomancesNotesReferences CitedGeneral Index
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Bibliografía: p. 296-312