The Hunter Who Perished. Problems of Narrative Structure in Svan Poetry

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  • Winfried Boeder Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

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https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/7/328-353

Abstract

The specific narrative use of 1st and 2nd person protagonist reference in Svan ballads is shown to be based on the non-communicational properties of grammatical person. Since the 1st and 2nd person forms do not refer to the speaker and the audience, respectively, features like accessibility, empathy and contact become essential in the narrative sections of these poems. This usage has parallels in Ancient Near Eastern and Greek poetic traditions.

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2025-07-14

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Boeder, W. (2025). The Hunter Who Perished. Problems of Narrative Structure in Svan Poetry. Kadmos. ISU Journal of the Humanities, (7), 328–353. https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/7/328-353

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No. 7 (2015): Kadmos

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