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IL CANTO NARRATIVO DI TRADIZIONE ORALE NELLE COMUNITÀ ALBANOFONE DELLA CALABRIA
The Narrative Song of the Oral Tradition of the Albanophone Community of Calabria

Author(s): Emilia Conforti, Innocenzo de Gaudio
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Studies of Literature, Albanian Literature, Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Univeristeti i Prishtinës, Fakulteti i Filologjisë
Keywords: oral narrative songs; key fields; embodiment; fieldwork; ethnomusicology; arbëresh communities;

Summary/Abstract: This paper will focus on the very complex compositional techniques found in the poetry-musical heritage of arbëresh communities. In particular, by drawing on Parry and Lord’s research, the study applies new perspectives of approaching oral narrative songs in arbëreshë communities in Italy, which is the specific subject of the current investigation.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 37.2
  • Page Range: 153 - 182
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Italian