Narratives as Muslim Practice in Senegal

Name: Narratives as Muslim Practice in Senegal
Brand: Peter Lang Verlag
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Peter Lang Verlag

Erschienen am 29. Mai 2013

XIII, 209 Seiten

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Cover
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Wolof Symbols and Diacritics xiii
Introduction 1
Functions of Wolof Sufi Oral Narratives 5
Context-Based Narratives 12
The Narratives 15
Organization of this Book 19
1. Theory, Method and Analysis 21
Theoretical Framework 21
Methodological Framework: Data Collection 47
Analytical Framework: Form-Function and Language-Context Analysis 48
An Oral Corpus of Texts 49
2. Context and Scope of Wolof Sufi Oral Narratives 51
A West African Sufi Culture 51
Ethnography of Speaking of Wolof Society 54
Origin and Social Status of the Géwël 54
The Géwël as Verbal Artist 57
Patterns of Géwël Speech Style in Sufi Narratives 60
Themes and Contents of the Narratives 63
Prediction Making 63
Relationship Between Shaykh and Disciple 64
Biographies of the Shaykhs 67
Anecdotes 70
Variation in Sufi Narratives 75
Wolof Sufi Narratives and West African Epics 75
3. Grammar of Wolof Sufi Narratives 79
A Brief Overview of Wolof 79
Clause Types in Wolof Sufi Oral Narratives: Non-Narrative Versus Narrative Clauses 80
Wolof Narrative Clauses 81
Wolof Non-Narrative Clauses 83
Structural and Intonational Foci in Wolof Non-Narrative Clauses 84
Macro-Structure of Wolof Sufi Oral Narratives: Background Versus Foreground 87
The Background Sections of Wolof Sufi Oral Narratives 88
Pre-Story 88
Abstract 90
Orientation 91
Evaluation 92
Embedded Text Types 93
Embedded Monologues 93
Embedded Dialogues 95
Embedded Praise-Evaluations 97
Embedded Genealogies 99
The Foreground Section of Wolof Sufi Oral Narratives 100
The Complicating Action 100
4. Function of Wolof Sufi Narratives 105
Cultural Context of the Narrative Performance 105
Social Functions of the Narratives 107
Sufi Narratives and Identity Shaping 107
Communicative and Interactional Functions of Sufi Narratives 108
Functions of the Narratives Units 109
Function of the Pre-Story 109
Function of the Abstract 114
Function of the Orientation 116
Function of the Evaluation 117
Function of Climactic Evaluations 117
Function of the Final Evaluation 120
Foreground Stage: Function of the Complicating Action 122
Function of the Monologues 122
Function of the Dialogues 124
Function of Narrative Clauses 127
5. Discourse Analysis of Wolof Sufi Narratives 131
Discourse Analysis of the Narrative "Throwing Dates" 131
Context of the Narrative Performance 134
Theme of the Narrative 135
Religious and Cultural Functions of the Narrative 135
Global and Local Framing of the Narrative 136
Macro-Structure of the Narrative 136
Background Stages 136
Pre-Story 137
Abstract and Orientation 139
Final Evaluation 140
Foreground or Complicating Action 141
Discourse Analysis of the Narrative "The Prediction" 142
Context of the Narrative Performance 147
Theme of the Narrative 148
Religious Function 148
Cultural Function 149
Global and Local Framing of the Narrative 149
Macro-Structure of the Narrative 150
Pre-Story 150
Abstract 151
Orientation 151
Embedded Evaluation 152
Final Evaluation 153
Foreground 153
Conclusion 156
Role of Context 157
Pre-Story 158
Final Evaluation 160
Evaluating Narrative Structure 162
Concluding Remarks 165
Appendix A - The Narratives 167
Appendix B - The Texts 169
Narrative 1 - "Throwing Dates" 169
Narrative 2 - "The Prediction" 172
Narrative 3 - "In the Governor's Office" 176
Narrative 4 - "The Lion Chasing the Warthog" 178
Narrative 5 - "Staying with the Shaykh" 180
Narrative 6 - "An Example of Faithfulness" 183
Narrative 7 - "The Mean King and the Clumsy Waiter" 184
Narrative 8 - "Praying on the Water" 185
Narrative 9 - "Investing in Amadu Bamba" 192
Narrative 10 - "When the Shadows Will Be Same" 193
Narrative 11 - "Warning About Arrogance" 194
Appendix C - Glossary 197
Appendix D - References 199
Index 207

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