The Guritan of Radin Suane : a study of the Besemah oral epic from South Sumatra /

The Guritan of Radin Suane : a study of the Besemah oral epic from South Sumatra /

This study presents the text and translation of an oral epic, or guritan , relating the exploits of Radin Suane, which was recorded during anthropological fieldwork among the Besemah, in the remote highlands of South Sumatra. Documentation of an epic in Besemah, a little known Sumatran-Malay languag...

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Main Author: Collins, William A. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.

Series: Bibliotheca Indonesica ; 28.
sian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Subjects:

Folk poetry, Besemah > Translations into English.
Folk poetry, Besemah.
Folklore > Indonesia > Sumatera Selatan.

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Call Number: PL5128.B4

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Preface /
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  • Introduction /
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  • Structural Analysis of the Guritan /
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  • Transcription conventions /
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  • First Night /
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  • Second Night /
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  • Back Matter
  • Abbreviations /
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  • Commentary /
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  • Glossary /
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  • Appendix Transcription of canto 1 in musical notation /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index of the Principal Narrative Formulas /
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  • Topic Index to the Commentary /
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