From Oral Tradition to Rap : Literatures of the Polar North
102: Ilisimatusarfik/Förlaget Atuagkat, 2011. Hardcover. Text in English. 287 pp.
The aim of this book, a collection of essays that emerged as the result of a literary project as part of the fourth International Polar Year, is to provide a sorely needed guide to the literary histories of the Arctic. It is in part a reaction to what the editors note as a lack of knowledge about the literature of the region even among students and researchers from within the region itself, with the aim to counteract this by creating a basis for comparison: a new space where new angles and perspectives might arise . The essays take the reader on a literary journey from the Nordic region to North America and continuing to Siberia. The essays cross ethnic and national boundaries-while maintaining distinctly national sections-in an exploration of oral tradition and literature. In producing a survey of the literary histories of the Arctic, the collection explores what triggers the need for written literature; in what circumstances and forms oral literature is maintained; and the interactions between oral and written traditions. Fine. Item #4072
ISBN: 9788792554215
Price: $120.00