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Two Different Approaches to the Retelling of Traditional Tales Among ‘Non-Storytellers’ in a North Italian Village

  • Licia Masoni
Published/Copyright: August 17, 2007
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From the journal Volume 48 Issue 1-2

Abstract

During my fieldwork in Frassinoro, a small village in the Apennines in the North of Italy, I was lucky enough to meet people who could provide invaluable insights into their own narrative tradition. By means of direct quotations from the interviewees' comments, this paper aims to give voice to these spontaneous meta-commentaries, in particular to those dealing with attitudes towards the uses and functions of traditional narrative.

Résumé

Pendant mes recherches de terrain à Frassinoro, un petit village des Apennins au nord de l'Italie, j'ai eu la chance de rencontrer des gens qui m'ont fourni des renseignements précieux relatifs à leur propre tradition narrative. En se servant des propos de ces informateurs, le présent article donne la parole à des méta-commentaires spontanés, en particulier à ceux qui concernent les attitudes envers les usages et fonctions des contes traditionnels.

Zusammenfassung

Bei meinen Feldforschungen in Frassinoro, einem kleinen norditalienischen Dorf im Apennin, hatte ich das Glück, Menschen zu treffen, die mir wertvolle Einsichten in ihre eigene Erzähltradition verschafften. Der Artikel läßt meine Informanten mit einigen spontanen Metakommentaren selbst zu Wort kommen, besonders solchen, in denen es um Haltungen in bezug auf Gebrauch und Funktion der Erzählüberlieferung geht.

Published Online: 2007-08-17
Published in Print: 2007-04-20

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