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A Karok Myth in "Measured Verse": the Translation of a Performance

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A Karok Myth in "Measured Verse": the Translation of a Performance

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Bright, William

Text of Note

The above discussion and translation is not meant to suggest that all Native American narratives must be analyzable in similar terms. I do not even wish to claim that the Zuni line (as defined by Tedlock) or the Chinookan verse (as defined by Hymes) have their exact counterparts in Karok: indeed, the definitions offered above for Karok lines and verses differ in a number of ways from the definitions given by Tedlock and by Hymes. Nevertheless, it seems clear that Karok narrative, like that of the Zuni and the Chinookan peoples, has a detailed structure which can be expressed in terms of lines and verses. If English-speaking readers are to have the chance to enjoy, in translation, the richness of Native American traditional literature, then it is the translator's duty to respect such structures.

Date of Publication

1979

Title

Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology

Volume Number

1/1

Entry Element

Bright, William

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[Article]

275578

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