Compilation of South Slavic Epics by Milman Parry and Albert Lord and the Milman Parry Collection
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2023
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Geleneksel Yayincilik Ltd Stl
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Özet
In the process of creating new nations with the idea of romantic nationalism rising in Europe since the 19th century, folk culture began to be of interest to European researches. This process was followed by the studies to register and publish these products. The epics regarding the historical origins of the nations, includ-ing the wars and the heroes of the nations, have all been at the center of these studies. Modern nations have tried to compile and record oral heroic epics in order to prove their nations magnificent and antiquity. Having ethnic diversity, the Balkans have been one of the prime places for the compilation and publication of oral heroic epics. These oral epic traditions have an important place in the lives of the South Slavic people, par-ticularly the Bosnians living in the region. In order to record the South Slavic epics, many local and foreign researchers have carried out compilation activities in the Western and North-western Balkans, which contain a significant Slavic population. The close relationship of epics with nation and nationalist was not the only main reason for the increasing interest in oral epic telling traditions in the region. One of the most important discus-sions of 20th century Western literature research; how the Iliad and Odyssey epics were formed; whether these epics were written by one individual or by many people. In order to delve deeper into questions of, whether epics were recorded from oral traditions or copyrighted, many researchers turned their attentions to South Slavic territory, where the traditions of creating oral epics is considerably still alive. The most famous of the researchers from the 20th century Homer studies are Homerist Milman Parry and his assistant Albert Lord. While he was a doctoral student at the university of Paris Sorbonne in the 1920s, Parry became acquainted with the works of the famous Slovenian folklorist Matija Murko. Parry began to conduct field studies in the region. Starting work in the Classics Department of Harvard University in the 1930s, Parry came to Yugosla-via for the first time in 1933 and for the following two years he recorded songs from the Yugoslav region. Upon Milman Parry's sudden death in 1935, his assistant Albert Lord completed his studies. Most of the recorded material are epics. These collections are currently housed in the Widener Library at Harvard Univer-sity. In addition to the material recorded by Parry and Lord, additional Southern Slavic heroic poetry, previ-ously recorded from Zagreb and Belgrade, have also been included to the collection. In this article, the south Slavic compilation studies of Milman Parry and Albert Lord, objectives and results of these studies including the materials available in the collection will be evaluated. In the final analysis, the contribution of Parry and Lords studies to the South Slavic epic studies, even if they were made for the solution of the Homeric ques-tion, will be highlighted.
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Milman Parry, Albert Lord, Milman Parry Collection, South Slavs, Homeric Question
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Milli Folklor
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Q2
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