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'Udovica Jana'article 1976 • Foley, John Miles & Halpern, Barbara
Serbs • Europe > Southeastern Europe
The EPSKE PESME are epic narratives which deal with historical and mythological subjects and represent one example of the rich variety of forms of oral traditional expression found in certain areas of Yugoslavia. An example of the EPSKE PESME, as pre...Traditional recall and family historiesessay 1977 • Halpern, Barbara et al.
Serbs • Europe > Southeastern Europe
In this document the Halperns attempt to analyze the degree of reliability of recall of individuals in regard to their collective pasts. The authors examine the role of oral transmission in everyday life, then discuss how the values of the narrator m...