Song of a deaf-mute shepherd : a Czech broadside ballad between the oral and printed tradition : an interdisciplinary case study Cover Image

Song of a deaf-mute shepherd : a Czech broadside ballad between the oral and printed tradition : an interdisciplinary case study
Song of a deaf-mute shepherd : a Czech broadside ballad between the oral and printed tradition : an interdisciplinary case study

Author(s): Věra Frolcová, Pavel Kosek, Hana Bočková, Markéta Holubová, Tomáš Slavický
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Czech Broadside Ballads; scriptuality and orality; reception; unconfirmed apparition of the Virgin Mary; miracle of hearing; prayer of the Rosary; historical regional and local variants; popular cultu

Summary/Abstract: This is a case study of a critical edition and an analysis of one song from a collection of Czech broadside ballads published in the monograph To a Familiar Melody. The following text is an example of an interdisciplinary approach to Czech broadside ballads, combining insights from ethnology, ethnomusicology, linguistics, and literary history. Methodologically, it takes its starting point in twentieth century oral tradition accounts and historical retrospectives. The historical retrospective methodology traces the reception and variation of songs, the tradition of tunes, motifs, or elements of language in different social, territorial and media settings.

  • Issue Year: 26/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 109-132
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: English