{"product_id":"the-powers-of-genre","title":"The Powers of Genre","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Powers of Genre describes a method for interpreting oral literature that depends upon and facilitates dialogue between insiders and outsiders to a tradition. Seitel illustrates this method with lively examples from Haya proverbs, folktales, and heroic verse. He then focuses on a single epic ballad to demonstrate, among other things, why stanzas need not rhyme, and how significance needs time in oral poetry and narrative. Making a controversial claim that an heroic age, similar to that of Ancient Greece, existed in Sub-Saharan Africa, this work will intrigue anyone who works in oral literature and narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Seitel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572928938045,"sku":"9780195117004","price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-powers-of-genre","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}