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Indonesian poetry --- History and criticism

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This is a study in oral poetic composition. It examines how oral poets compose their recitations. Specifically, it is a study of the recitations of 17 separate master poets from the Island of Rote recorded over a period of 50 years. Each of these poets offers his version of what is culturally considered to be the ‘same’ ritual chant. These compositions are examined in detail and their oral formulae are carefully compared to one another. Professor James J. Fox is an anthropologist who carried out his doctoral field research on the Island of Rote in eastern Indonesia in 1965–66. In 1965, he began recording the oral traditions of the island and developed a close association with numerous oral poets on the island. After many subsequent visits, in 2006, he began a nine-year project that brought groups of oral poets to Bali for week-long recording sessions. Recitations gathered over a period of 50 years are the basis for this book..

Oral-formulaic analysis. --- Oral tradition --- Folk poetry, Indonesian --- Indonesian folk poetry --- Tradition, Oral --- Formulaic analysis, Oral --- Indonesian poetry --- Oral communication --- Folklore --- Oral history --- Folk literature --- History and criticism --- Methodology --- eastern indonesia --- oral poetry --- anthropology --- Delhi University Students' Union --- Dengka language --- Dialect --- Meno --- Rice --- Ringgou language --- Sacred language --- Termanu language --- Rote Ndao (Indonesia) --- Kabupaten Rote Ndao (Indonesia) --- Rote Ndao Regency (Indonesia)