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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Izibongo zeenkosi (the praises of kings): aspects of Xhosa heroic poetry |
Author: | Kuse, Wandile F. |
Year: | 1979 |
Periodical: | Research in African Literatures |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 208-238 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | Xhosa language praise poetry (form) |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3818989 |
Abstract: | The eulogue - The morphology of eulogues -The simplest Izibongo - Characteristics of naming eulogues - Elaborative details that define elaborate eulogues - Comparison of Iziduko and simple Izibongo - Table of comparison between Iziduko and simple Izibongo - The philosophical and historical roots of eulogues - Complex Izibongo - Paragraphs - Series of naming-eulogues-only type of paragraph - Eulogue-followed-by-narrative type of paragraph: narrative passages - Eulogue-to-narrative type of paragraph - Narrative-to-eulogue type of paragraph - Narrative passage without eulogue - Marking off paragraphs. Notes. |