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Oral narration in Iranian CulturesA conference in honour of professor Bo Utas on his 80th birthday![]() ![]() Dates: 7–9 June 2018 Venue: Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, Sweden Oral narration, one of the verbal arts intrinsic to human nature, yet it has been much less studied than written literature. Oral traditions are central to Iranian cultures, but are facing a threat of extinction even more dire than the loss of Iranian indigenous languages generally. This conference will bring together international experts to examine varied perspectives on oral narration among ethnic groups within the Iranian-speaking cultural sphere. It will encompass diverse oral narrative traditions, taking in approaches from folklore, ethnology, typology, discourse linguistics, and social anthropology.
Email: oral.narration@lingfil.uu.se Last update 2018-05-17 |