The southern Sardinian tradtition of the Mutetu Longu : A functional analysis

dc.contributor.author	Zedda, Paulu	eng
dc.date.issued	2009-03	eng
dc.description	I shall consider in this paper the kind of oral poetry that was called cantus amoebaeus1 by the Romans, based upon a poetic joust between two or more poets who improvise their verse in search of public approval. This is, and has been, a widespread genre in various separate cultures, and it has to be considered a unique chapter within the entirety of the oral poetic tradition. Some of the styles adopted in this specific form of oral poetry are so common and recurrent that they seem to derive more from an innate need in people than from their cultural education, and they can be considered universal to this genre.2 Different traditions are, however, distinguished by many other characteristics that define their extremely lively, varied, and versatile nature.	eng
dc.description	Note	eng
dc.format.extent	38 pages	eng
dc.identifier.citation	Oral Tradition, 24/1 (2009): 3-40.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/65167
dc.language	English	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.title	The southern Sardinian tradtition of the Mutetu Longu : A functional analysis	eng
dc.type	Article	eng