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Jacques Rabemananjara (23 June 1913 – 2 April 2005) [1] was a Malagasy politician, playwright and poet. He served as a government minister, rising to Vice President of Madagascar . [ 2 ] Rabemananjara was said to be the most prolific writer of his negritude generation after Senghor , and he had the first négritude poetry published.
[1] [2] An epic poem exemplifying these traditions, the Ibonia, has been handed down over the centuries in several different forms across the island, and offers insight into the diverse mythologies and beliefs of traditional Malagasy communities. [3] In addition to these artistic traditions, oral histories were passed down across generations.
The Ibonia is an epic poem that has been told in various forms across the island of Madagascar for at least several hundred years. The Ibonia predates the introduction of the printing press in Madagascar in the early part of the 19th century and as such has long been part of the poetic and storytelling oral traditions of the island.
According to Lee Haring's Malagasy Tale Index, the tale type is one of 78 international types found in both Madagascar and elsewhere. [8] The collectors noted that the tale type adapted and integrated into traditions of the country, becoming "a clan legend, an explanation for uxorilocal marriage, and a cautionary tale against polygamy".
In literary theory, a text is any object that can be "read", whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothing. [ citation needed ] It is a set of signs that is available to be reconstructed by a reader (or observer) if sufficient interpretants are available.
There is not a set formula to describe a text’s textuality; it is not a simple procedure. This summary is true even though the interpretation that a reader develops from that text may decide the identity and the definitive meanings of that text. Textuality, as a literary theory, is that which constitutes a text in a particular way. The text ...
Hainteny (pronounced [hajnˈtenʲ], Malagasy for "knowledge of words") is a traditional form of Malagasy oral literature and poetry, involving heavy use of metaphor.It is associated primarily with the Merina people of Madagascar. [1]
TAPoR (Text Analysis Portal for Research) is a gateway that highlights tools and code snippets usable for textual criticism of all types. The project is housed at the University of Alberta , and is currently led by Geoffrey Rockwell, Stéfan Sinclair, Kirsten C. Uszkalo, and Milena Radzikowska.