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Stories of an Old Nanny. Litteracy and Oral Litterature in G.R.R. Martin's Saga ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’  
Opowieści Starej Niani. Piśmienność i literatura oralna w sadze „Pieśni Lodu i Ognia” G.R.R. Martina

Creator:

Suski, Robert

Subject and Keywords:

G.R.R. Martin   A Song of Ice and Fire   orality   literacy  
G.R.R. Martin   Saga Pieśni Lodu i Ognia   oralność   piśmienność

Abstract:

Today, one of the most popular science fiction books and series isG.R.R. Martin’s ‘A Game of Thrones’. This author creates a fictitiousworld modeled on medieval England. In this world literacy is unfamiliarto most of the population. Only the elite of Westeros is familiarwith the topic of literacy. In this paper I aim to investigate traces of oral tradition in Martin’s books. He was probably unaware of the theoriesof primary oral tradition, but we can find traces of orality in thefolklore of Westeros. The presentation of Westeros in Martin‘s booksis based on his knowledge of the Middle Ages.

Publisher:

Pracownia Badań nad Tradycją Oralną

Contributor:

Zieliński, Karol. Red.   Torbus, Sławomir. Red.

Date:

2016

Date issued:

2016

Resource Type:

text  
tekst

Detailed Type:

czasopisma online

Format:

application/pdf

Identifier:

oai:repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl:79825   ISSN 2449–8181

DOI:

10.23734/QO.2016.2.2.177.205

Language:

eng   pol

Rights holder:

Copyright by Robert Suski