TY - JOUR
T1 - The Patterning of Style
T2 - Indices of Performance through Ethnopoetic Analysis of Century-old Wax Cylinders
AU - King, Alexander David
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This article demonstrates the value of Dell Hyme's theory of ethnopoetics through an analysis of two Koryak stories recorded during the winter of 1900-1901. It builds upon a tradition of linguistic anthropology established by Franz Boas. I provide some background to Boasian documentation of oral literature as well as Hymes's theory of ethnoppoetics and then offer a close reading of two stories in Koryak. Such close analysis uncovers the artistry of the storytellers, and i discuss aesthetic commonalities as well as differences among texts produced by Koryak narrators. Hymesian ethnopoetic analysis can uncover indices of performance in the written transcription of sound recordings. The complete texts of the two stories are formatted in Hymesian verse form and presented in appendices. A commentary to this essay by Richard Bauman appears later in this special issue.
AB - This article demonstrates the value of Dell Hyme's theory of ethnopoetics through an analysis of two Koryak stories recorded during the winter of 1900-1901. It builds upon a tradition of linguistic anthropology established by Franz Boas. I provide some background to Boasian documentation of oral literature as well as Hymes's theory of ethnoppoetics and then offer a close reading of two stories in Koryak. Such close analysis uncovers the artistry of the storytellers, and i discuss aesthetic commonalities as well as differences among texts produced by Koryak narrators. Hymesian ethnopoetic analysis can uncover indices of performance in the written transcription of sound recordings. The complete texts of the two stories are formatted in Hymesian verse form and presented in appendices. A commentary to this essay by Richard Bauman appears later in this special issue.
U2 - 10.2979/jfolkrese.50.1-3.41
DO - 10.2979/jfolkrese.50.1-3.41
M3 - Article
SN - 0737-7037
VL - 50
SP - 41
EP - 77
JO - Journal of Folklore Research
JF - Journal of Folklore Research
IS - 1-3
ER -