Tigrigna Language, Literature and Folklore

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    A Preliminary Classification and Descriptive Study of Oral Narrative: The Case of T Dubammo "Tarika
    (Addis Ababa University, 1998-06) Jawore, Mulugeta; Azeze, Fekade (PhD)
    There is no research work that particularly deals with the Dubtimmos' identity, culture, history, folklore or other similar aspects. The researcher of this thesis, therefore, has tried to explore the social situations through interviews as well as close observations during his 40 days of stay in the group. As for the notion of Oring, since the basis of the historical narratives is often a historical event or person, the narratives are believed to be about real people, places or events. They also can represent the past as well as the present based on shared oral experiences of the group [1986: 125] . In like manner, the basis of tiirikii, the nearest English translation of which is also "history ," is a past event and about historical figure personalities. And they are also believed to be about real people, places or vents. Generally speaking, this project is a preliminary genre classification and descriptive study of the Dubtimmos' tiirikii. The research goal of the project is describing the research outcome, i.e. , how the Dubtimmos perceive their past experience as well as their present situation through a descriptive study of their tiirikii. The wealth of the tiirikii oral narratives that the Dubtimmos have inherited and recreated has a promising research potential. This research, accordingly, has tried to classify tiirikiis according to their local senses and has recorded each type of the tiirikii data with their general context. In addition, it has also tried to study descriptively their features and their contents. And finally it has tried to pointout the research finding in the "conclusion' part of this study through a thematical descriptive study. The final outcome of this study at this level, however, is not an end by itself. It is just a preliminary study 's preliminary finding which leads to a more indepth anal ytical study.