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OverviewWhat is the essence of story? How does the storyteller convey meaning? Leading scholar Harold Scheub tackles these questions and more, demonstrating that the power of story lies in emotion. While others have focused on the importance of structure in the art of story, Scheub emphasizes emotion. He shows how an expert storyteller uses structural elements--image, rhythm, and narrative--to shape a story's fundamental emotional content. The storyteller uses traditional images, repetition, and linear narrative to move the audience past the story's surface of morals and ideas, and make connections to their past, present, and future. To guide the audience on this emotional journey is the storyteller's art. The traditional stories from South African, Xhosa, and San cultures included in the book lend persuasive support to Scheub's. These stories speak for themselves, demonstrating that a skilled performer can stir emotions despite the obstacles of space, time, and culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Harold ScheubPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.617kg ISBN: 9780299159306ISBN 10: 0299159302 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 28 October 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews<p> Story is as sound and original a piece of scholarship as we have been waiting for in the study of oral narrative performance. . . .written by one of the best scholars who have anything to say on the subject of storytelling. --Isidore Okpewho, author of African Oral Literature Story is as sound and original a piece of scholarship as we have been waiting for in the study of oral narrative performance. . . .written by one of the best scholars who have anything to say on the subject of storytelling. --Isidore Okpewho, author of African Oral Literature Author InformationHarold E. Scheub is professor of African languages and literature at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. To record oral traditions he has walked more than 6000 miles through South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Lesotho. He is the author of The Tongue Is Fire and the editor of Nongenile Masithathu Zenani’s The World and the Word: Tales and Observations from Xhosa Oral Tradition, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He is also the author of The African Storyteller. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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