Narrative Techniques of Three Selected Ethiopian Hagiographies
| dc.contributor.advisor | Asfaw, Zerihun | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eshete, Ephrem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-10T10:51:09Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:06:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-10T10:51:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:06:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Foreign and Ethiopian Scholars for example, Hayatt ( 1928), Ullendorf (1945), Harden (1926), Amsalu (1976), etc. Claim that Ethiopian hagiographies are devoid of literary qualities. Some of them even pointed out that these works are completely 'non - indigenous' and there is 'no literature of national origin'. In spite of these claims, however, Ethiopian hagiographies have exerted considerable impacts on the country's literary - thinking. As Anteneh Awoke (1 993) points out, for example, the <Amharic - didactic fiction> was profoundly influenced by these works. The latter imitated some techniques from the hagiographers. These religious manuscripts arrested readers' attentions not only for their religious themes but al so for their techniques. However, much research has not been done in these areas. Those who did are interested in the hi storical, philosophical, political and theological issues of the manuscripts. This paper thus, aims at analyzing the narrative structure, characterization and narrative time of the three hagiographies under investigation (i.e. Gadla Gabra Manfas Qidus, Gabra Krestos & Kerestos Samra The thesis has six parts. The first chapter is the introductory part. It gives background information on the research and the genre under considerat ion. The second chapter is devoted to the theoreti cal part which deals with general v considerations of the narrative techniques. The third chapter is concerned with the analysis of gadla Gabra Manfas Qidus, chapter four with gadlii Giibra Krestos and chapter five with giidla Krestos Samra respecti vely. The sixth chapter is the conclusion. The three hagiographi es have different ways of arrangmg events and actions, but they follow identical narrative structures. Their differences in stories do not create differences in structural frameworks. The same is true of the roles of the characters. There are different roles which the characters of the three gadls play that clearly fit with Gremias's 'actants' . On the other hand, the hagiographers use different ways of ordering of events and ac tions, give different emphasis to different events and al so differ in their ways of repet itions. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/7631 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ethiopian Hagiographies | en_US |
| dc.title | Narrative Techniques of Three Selected Ethiopian Hagiographies | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |