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Virtanen, Riika J.: Tibetan Written Images. A Study of Imagery in the Writings of Dhondup Gyal. Helsinki: Finnish Oriental Society 2014. XIII, 332 S., 19 Abb. 8° = Studia Orientalia 115. Brosch. ISBN 978-951-9380-86-5.
Get PDFAn Inquiry into the Nature of Tibetan Proverbs
Get PDFProverbial sayings and expressions are extremely popular in Tibetan literature. However, in Tibetan scholarship there is no clear definition of the Tibetan proverb. Indigenous genres such as tampé, pechö, legshé, etc. all approximate the genre of proverbs in one way or another, yet at the same time add features that also contradict the genre definition. The essay explores the notion of tampé and related genres and highlights the importance of a universal definition in order to not only differentiate between closely related genres but also in order to classify entries in the proposed dictionary of Tibetan popular figurative literature
An Inquiry into the Nature of Tibetan Proverbs
Get PDFProverbial sayings and expressions are extremely popular in Tibetan literature. However, in Tibetan scholarship there is no clear definition of the Tibetan proverb. Indigenous genres such as tampé, pechö, legshé, etc. all approximate the genre of proverbs in one way or another, yet at the same time add features that also contradict the genre definition. The essay explores the notion of tampé and related genres and highlights the importance of a universal definition in order to not only differentiate between closely related genres but also in order to classify entries in the proposed dictionary of Tibetan popular figurative literature
Jabb, Lama: Oral and Literary Continuities in Modern Tibetan Literature. The Inescapable Nation. Lanham/ Boulder/New York/London: Lexington Books 2015. X, 276 S. 8° = Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture. Hartbd. £ 65,00. ISBN 978-1-4985-0333-4.[Rezension]
Get PDFThis book reveals that the roots of modern Tibetan literature grow in the rich and fertile soil of Tibet's oral and literary traditions, rather than in the 1980s as current scholarship presents. Embracing a multidisciplinary approach drawing on theoretical insights in Western literary theory and criticism, political studies, sociology, and anthropology, this book shows that the Tibetan nation's development is inextricably linked to modern Tibetan literatur
Virtanen, Riika J.: Tibetan Written Images. A Study of Imagery in the Writings of Dhondup Gyal. Helsinki: Finnish Oriental Society 2014. XIII, 332 S., 19 Abb. 8° = Studia Orientalia 115. Brosch. ISBN 978-951-9380-86-5.
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