When orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novels
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Date
2012
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Pennsylvania State University Press
Abstract
The article discusses Somali literature, with particular focus given to the influence of Somali oral poetry and folk tales on modern novels. The difference between the concepts of orature and oral literature is examined, and the history of print and oral literary culture coexisting in Somalia is commented on.
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Somali literature, Folk literature, Somali, Folk Poetry, Africa, Tales
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Moolla, F.F. (2012). When orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novels.Comparative Literature Studies, 49(3): 434-462