Description:Abbott (education, Manchester U.) and Han, retired from teaching English in Burmese universities, first survey folk-tale studies and present a broad functional classification of Burma's tales. Then they present, mostly for the first time in a European language, 101 categorized actual tales, with past and present commentaries on plots and cross-cultural motifs. The tale types are human origin, phenomena, wonder, trickster and simpleton, lay and clerical guidance, and compound. The indices are by authors cited, cultures to which the tales are compared, and selected tale elements. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Folk-Tales of Burma: An Introduction (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik, 11). To get started finding The Folk-Tales of Burma: An Introduction (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik, 11), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Folk-Tales of Burma: An Introduction (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik, 11)
Description: Abbott (education, Manchester U.) and Han, retired from teaching English in Burmese universities, first survey folk-tale studies and present a broad functional classification of Burma's tales. Then they present, mostly for the first time in a European language, 101 categorized actual tales, with past and present commentaries on plots and cross-cultural motifs. The tale types are human origin, phenomena, wonder, trickster and simpleton, lay and clerical guidance, and compound. The indices are by authors cited, cultures to which the tales are compared, and selected tale elements. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Folk-Tales of Burma: An Introduction (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik, 11). To get started finding The Folk-Tales of Burma: An Introduction (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik, 11), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.