Homo Narrans : the poetics and anthropology of oral literature
Department
English
Document Type
Book
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Description
Explores how human beings shape their world through the stories they tell. This book ponders over the nature of the storytelling impulse, the social function of narrative, and the role of individual talent in oral tradition. It also claims that the need to tell stories is what distinguishes humans from all other living creatures.
Call number in WMU's library
GR72.3 .N56 1999
ISBN
0812235045
Publication Date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
City
Philadelphia
Disciplines
Oral History | Other Rhetoric and Composition
Citation for published book
Niles, John D. Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. Print.
Recommended Citation
Utz, Richard and Mazur, Zygmunt, "Homo Narrans : the poetics and anthropology of oral literature" (2004). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 370.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/370