Tamata, Apolonia
(2000)
The story of the Fijian storyteller.
Directions: Journal of Educational Studies, 22
(2).
pp. 93-113.
ISSN 1011-5B46
Abstract
In the gradual fading away of traditional stories and story-telling due to new occupations of both the tellers and the listeners in a changing society, the oral art takes on a new dimension in the form of “snippets”, short stories often containing a slice of humour. A cultural and linguistic
analysis of a collection of these stories tells us much about a large group of multi-dialectal Pacific islanders, the Fijians. These stories provide insights into sources of humour, popular expressions, and reactions to change in modern Fijian society. They constitute a popular but largely unrecognised genre. This paper presents aspects of the form and style of this art.
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