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Picturing the otherworld : imagination in the study of oral poetry

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    Statement of Responsibility:
    Lotte Tarkka.
    Hlavní autor:
    Tarkka, Lotte (1963- ) kirjoittaja
    Formát:
    Journal article
    Jazyk:
    English
    V:
    RMN newsletter / ISSN 1799-4497. - Helsinki : University of Helsinki. - 10 (2015), s. 17-33
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    This article advocates a reassessment of imagination in the study of oral poetry, theorizing imagination as a tool for research. It addresses imagination's role in constructing unseen worlds through oral poetry, which dialogically structures understandings of the experiential world. It argues for a unified approach to imagination operating in mythic and other discourses. Kalevala-metre poetry provides an illustrative case..


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