On the Poetics of the Utendi: A Critical Edition of the Nineteenth-century Swahili Poem "Utendi Wa Haudaji" Together with a...

On the Poetics of the Utendi: A Critical Edition of the Nineteenth-century Swahili Poem "Utendi Wa Haudaji" Together with a...
ISBN-10
3643800894
ISBN-13
9783643800893
Category
Epic literature, Swahili
Pages
704
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
LIT Verlag Münster
Author
Clarissa Vierke

Description

... genre does not exclude change or turn a blind eye to subversions and clashes but rather highlights the relation of ... cultural competence: genres are culturally constructed forms of discourse marked by a specific use of language, a ...