The mechanisms of epic plot and the Mongolian Geseriad

dc.contributor.author	Nekljudov, S. Ju.	eng
dc.date.issued	1996-03	eng
dc.description	It is a well-known fact that the performer of narrative poetry usually tries to reproduce a text he has learned from his predecessors and that he is sometimes able to do so with great accuracy. Two different degrees can, however, be distinguished in the narrator's faithfulness to his text: one relatively strict, the other relatively free. There are, likewise, two types of singer: the traditionalist and the improviser.	eng
dc.description	Issue title; "Epics Along the Silk Roads."	eng
dc.format.extent	11 pages	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Oral Tradition, 11/1 (1996): 133-143.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/64733
dc.language	English	eng
dc.title	The mechanisms of epic plot and the Mongolian Geseriad	eng
dc.type	Article	eng