Preliminary communication
MEDITERRANEAN ASPECTS OF CROATIAN ORAL LITERATURE
Maja Bošković-Stulli
Abstract
The paper deals with the interweaving of civilizations in the area of
eastern Adriatic and its history as well as with the features of the oral
traditions significantly connected with the western Mediterranean:
verse, style and contents of the ballads, the two-way influences
(Straparola, Basile), transformations of the stories from the
"Thousand and One Night", reflections of the maritime and coastal
life in stories.
Keywords
oral tradition; the Mediterranean; the eastern Adriatic; sea in folklore
Hrčak ID:
33632
URI
Publication date:
22.6.1999.
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