Diogenes articles from March 1998

Diogenes archives from March 1998

The Epic Today.
March 22, 1998... Foreword The epic, one of the oldest forms of poetic expression, came into being and evolved in time immemorial, long before the appearance of writing -- the advent of which, while helping to fix oral traditions since the dawn of history,...

"As if in a Dream ...": Epics and Shamanism among Hunters. Palawan Island, The Philippines(1)(*).
March 22, 1998... The island of Palawan stretches northward from Borneo like a bridge to Luzon in the South China Sea. This tropical forest environment, rich in thousands of species of plants and animals, is home to about 50,000 people, known as the Palawan....

Human Rhythm and Divine Rhythm in Ainu Epics.
March 22, 1998... The Ainu are still in existence, but their reduced numbers, now around 20,000, indicate how marginal their presence is even in Hokkaido, their ancestral territory.(1) Moreover, they have undergone much metissage, in both ethnic(2) and cultural...

Romance and Epic in Cambodian Tradition.
March 22, 1998... Classical Romance The romance customarily termed "classical" occupies a special place within Cambodian literature as a whole. The term betrays a certain Eurocentrism and is justified only because the written language of this type of text...

Epico-Lyrical Legends of the Punjab and Sikh Reformism in the 1920s.
March 22, 1998... Like the other great cultural areas of the Indian subcontinent, the Punjab is endowed with a living heritage of oral tradition: all kinds of songs and tales are hawked by itinerant bards, and after the day's work is done, people particularly...

Indian Epics of the Terai Conquest: The Story of a Migration.
March 22, 1998... The Story of a Migration The very name of Bihar, a district in the eastern part of India, evokes images of anarchy, banditry, and disarray. Already traversed by distinct cultural zones -- Bhojpuri, Mithila, Magadha, and the tribal zone of...

The Strange Death of Patroklos.
March 22, 1998... The account of the death of Patroklos occupies a strategic position in the narrative economy of the Iliad: before this event, Achilles has withdrawn from combat out of indignation against Agamemnon; afterwards, his anger turns against Hector,...

The Might of Words: A Philosophical Reflection on "The Strange Death of Patroklos".
March 22, 1998... A Philosophical Reflection on "The Strange Death of Patroklos" The Death of Patroklos and Achilles' Change of Heart "Hektor, surely you thought as you killed Patroklos you would be safe, and since I was far away you thought...

The Sultan Baybars: A Romance Hero Breaks his Links.
March 22, 1998... A Romance Hero Breaks His Links This wasn't merely a man, it was the sultan Al-Malik, Al-Zahir Rukn al-Dunia wal- Din Abu l-Fath Baybars whose swords were the keys to kingdoms, whose standards were like hills and the spears that rose above...

Following the Traces of the Sons of Hilal.
March 22, 1998... While the epic is absent from classical Arabic literature, the genre -- although long ignored -- plays an outstanding part in popular culture throughout the Arabo-Islamic sphere. In order to give an idea of the scope of the heroic cycles...

Epics Along the Silk Roads.
March 22, 1998... Appendix This international research program, headed by Dr. Nicole Revel, Director of Research CNRS (Paris), as part of the larger project "Integral Study of the Silk Roads: Road of Dialogues," was created in 1990 for the purpose of...

Diogenes.
March 22, 1998... Back List Diogenes Library: No 168 Vol.42/4 1994 The Social Responsibility of the Historian Edited by Francois Bedarida No 174 Vol.44/2 1996 The Link with Nature and Divine Mediations ...