The General Focus In Lakota Oral Literary Research Has Been In The Study Of Content Rather Than Process In Oral Traditions. In A New Disclosure Of The Characteristics Of Lakota Oral Style, Delphine Red Shirt Shows How Its Composition And Structure Are Reflected In The Work Of George Sword, Who Composed 245 Pages Of Text In The Lakota Language Using The English Alphabet. What Emerges In Sword’s Lakota Narratives Are The Formulaic Patterns Inherent In The Lakota Language That Are Used To Tell The Narratives, As Well As Recurring Themes And Story Patterns. Red Shirt’s Primary Conclusion Is That This Cadence Originates From A Distinctly Lakota Oral Tradition. Red Shirt Analyzes Historic Documents And Original Texts In Lakota To Answer The Question: How Is Lakota Literature Defined? Her Groundbreaking Discernment Of The Process Of Composition Of Native Literature Uncovers The Epistemological Basis Of This Literature, Which Provides The Object For Literary Studies, Anthropological Linguistics, Translation Studies, And Linguistics. Her Analysis Of Sword’s Texts Can Be Used To Determine Whether The Origin Of Any Given Narrative In Lakota Tradition Is Oral And Opens Avenues For Further Research.-- Book Jacket. Lakota Tradition -- Lakota Practice -- George Sword -- Lakota Formulas -- Textual Analysis -- Lakota Theme -- Traditional Implications. Delphine Red Shirt. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 311-314) And Index.

Delphine Red Shirt

UNP - Nebraska

Bison Books

Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas, Lincoln, 2016

United States, United States of America

Nov 01, 2016

1, PS, 2016

Source title: George Sword's Warrior Narratives: Compositional Processes in Lakota Oral Tradition

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon FoundationThe general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been on content rather than process within oral traditions. In this groundbreaking study of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages of text in the Lakota language using the English alphabet. What emerges in Sword's Lakota narratives are the formulaic patterns inherent in the Lakota language that are used to tell the narratives, as well as recurring themes and story patterns. Red Shirt's primary conclusion is that this cadence originates from a distinctly Lakota oral tradition. Red Shirt analyzes historical documents and original texts in Lakota to answer the question: How is Lakota literature defined? Her pioneering work uncovers the epistemological basis of this literature, which can provide material for literary studies, anthropological and traditional linguistics, and translation studies. Her analysis of Sword's texts discloses tools that can be used to determine whether the origin of any given narrative in Lakota tradition is oral, thereby opening avenues for further research

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been on content rather than process within oral traditions. In this groundbreaking study of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages of text in the Lakota language using the English alphabet. What emerges in Swords Lakota narratives are the formulaic patterns inherent in the Lakota language that are used to tell the narratives, as well as recurring themes and story patterns.Red Shirts primary conclusion is that this cadence originates from a distinctly Lakota oral tradition.
Red Shirt analyzeshistorical documents and original texts in Lakota to answer the How is Lakota literature defined? Her pioneering work uncovers the epistemological basis of this literature, which can provide material for literary studies, anthropological and traditional linguistics, and translation studies. Her analysis of Swords texts discloses tools that can be used to determine whether the origin of any given narrative in Lakota tradition is oral, thereby opening avenues for further research.

xxviii, 330 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Lakota tradition -- Lakota practice -- George Sword -- Lakota formulas -- Textual analysis -- Lakota theme -- Traditional implications

2024-07-01