Little, Small, Simple; Oratorical or Simply - Rhetorical; A History of the Terms and Concepts of Oral Rhetorical Genres in Croatian Folkloristics Cover Image

Mali, sitni, jednostavni, govornički ili jednostavno – retorički: povijest naziva i koncepata usmenoretoričkih žanrova u hrvatskoj folkloristici
Little, Small, Simple; Oratorical or Simply - Rhetorical; A History of the Terms and Concepts of Oral Rhetorical Genres in Croatian Folkloristics

Author(s): Davor Nikolić
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Croatian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku
Keywords: oratory; rhetoric; terminology; oral literature; rhetoric; genre;

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides a review of the history of terms which were used in Croatian literary criticism and folkloristics to name oral rhetorical genres (counting-out rhymes, tongue-twisters, blessing, curses, verbal charms, toasts and mocking rhymes). Relative terminological stability is currently maintained in that the terms used in contemporary research are seemingly synonyms: retorički/govornički žanrovi (rhetorical/oratorical genres) or usmenoknjiževna retorika /govorništvo (oral literary rhetoric/oratory).

  • Issue Year: 52/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 163-178
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian