When orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novels

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dc.contributor.authorMoolla, Fiona F.
dc.date.accessioned08/05/2013 09:34
dc.date.available08/05/2013 09:34
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationMoolla, F.F. (2012). When orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novels.Comparative Literature Studies, 49(3): 434-462en_US
dc.identifier.issn0010-4132
dc.identifier.issn1528-4212
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/603
dc.identifier.urihttps://muse.jhu.edu/article/483620
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherPennsylvania State University Pressen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author's final draft following peer review. It may be displayed and circulated, subject to full acknowledgement of author and source. The published item is copyright This is the author's final draft following peer review. It may be displayed and circulated, subject to full acknowledgement of author and source. The published item is copyright Pennsylvania State University Press.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectSomali literatureen_US
dc.subjectFolk literatureen_US
dc.subjectSomalien_US
dc.subjectFolk Poetryen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.subjectTalesen_US
dc.titleWhen orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novelsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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