Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland
This study investigates death as an expression of worldview in Newfoundland tradition, and with particular attention given to its classical ballads. From the correlation of their people's life style and moral orientations (the pragmatic context), the views and values carried across genres (the...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:2268/89622 2023-05-15T17:19:50+02:00 Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland Peere, Isabelle 1992-10-23 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/89622 en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada info:hdl:2268/89622 2268/89622 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/89622 undefined ORBi : Université de Liège Arts & humanities Arts & sciences humaines lang socio Thesis https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/ 1992 fttriple 2023-01-22T17:46:41Z This study investigates death as an expression of worldview in Newfoundland tradition, and with particular attention given to its classical ballads. From the correlation of their people's life style and moral orientations (the pragmatic context), the views and values carried across genres (the symbolic context) and those expressed within the ballads (their poetic context), one claims to find articulated a coherent worldview upholding positive behaviour--in the face of death as in life. While this attitude is found expressed in traditional societies as well as in classical balladry, it pervades past and modern local tradition, and seems particularly appropriate to Newfoundland's maritime culture. The striking prominence of revenant types in the classical ballad repertoire and the exceptional courage of the heroine of the most popular "Sweet William's Ghost" (Ch 77) confirm local concern with bereavement and its successful resolution. This evidence for Newfoundland yields the proposition that, while the meanings carried in a cultural ballad corpus are essentially generic, they are actualized in dynamic relation with specific cultural contexts and worldviews. Thesis Newfoundland Unknown |
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This study investigates death as an expression of worldview in Newfoundland tradition, and with particular attention given to its classical ballads. From the correlation of their people's life style and moral orientations (the pragmatic context), the views and values carried across genres (the symbolic context) and those expressed within the ballads (their poetic context), one claims to find articulated a coherent worldview upholding positive behaviour--in the face of death as in life. While this attitude is found expressed in traditional societies as well as in classical balladry, it pervades past and modern local tradition, and seems particularly appropriate to Newfoundland's maritime culture. The striking prominence of revenant types in the classical ballad repertoire and the exceptional courage of the heroine of the most popular "Sweet William's Ghost" (Ch 77) confirm local concern with bereavement and its successful resolution. This evidence for Newfoundland yields the proposition that, while the meanings carried in a cultural ballad corpus are essentially generic, they are actualized in dynamic relation with specific cultural contexts and worldviews. |
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland |
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland |
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland |
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland |
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland |
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death as an expression of worldview in a ballad culture: the evidence of newfoundland |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada |
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