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| ====== Masset Mourning Songs ====== | ====== Masset Mourning Songs ====== |
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| | {{ :alcheringa:1-2:masset_mouring_songs-from_alcheringa_1-2_summer-1971.pdf | alcheringa:1-2:masset_mouring_songs-from_alcheringa_1-2_summer-1971.pdf}} |
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| ====== Overview ====== | ====== Overview ====== |
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| In his smooth translation, Swanton notes that the poet's grief is too great to bear. Notice how the line breaks and repetitions are aligned with the original. | **In his smooth translation, Swanton notes that the poet's grief is too great to bear. Notice how the line breaks and repetitions are aligned with the original song texts. Also, the repeated lines structure is aesthetical, reinforcing reader's sympathy with the Native Americans' calamities.** |
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| ====== Context ====== | ====== Context ====== |
| Bruno, John. "Haida Songs by John R. Swanton (1912)." //Sacred Texts.// 2010, https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/index.htm | Bruno, John. "Haida Songs by John R. Swanton (1912)." //Sacred Texts.// 2010, https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/index.htm |
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| | --- //[[Kheiriyeh Ahmadi]] 2021/06/30 10:13// |
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| | {{tag>[song oral Native-American Masset Alcheringa mourning death print Haida British-Columbia]}} |
