The Oral Tradition of Dengbêjî : A Kurdish Genre of Verbal Art and Reported Speech

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Acknowledgements IX
4. Contents XI
5. Applying the Oral-Formulaic Theory to Mem û Zîn 1
6. Mem û Zîn as Court Literature 40
7. Cleansing the Galleries: A Museum in the Imagination of Kurdish Diaspora Artists and Activists 64
8. From Fairytale Character to Lost Goddess: The Archetypal Representation of Stepmother within Kurdish Folklore 82
9. The Impact of the Dengbêjî Tradition on Kurdish Theater in Turkey 96
10. Conservatives and Radicals: Ethnicity and Politics in Early Modern Ottoman Kurdistan 119
11. The Oral Tradition of Dengbêjî : A Kurdish Genre of Verbal Art and Reported Speech 136
12. Orality and Folklore: Reflections on the Folktale Tradition of the Zaza People 169
13. Darceñge: A Lekī Poem by Miļā Nawshād 191
14. Index 209