Question

A two-page note on this genre in Ruth Finnegan’s book Oral Literature in Africa dubiously claims that this genre “hardly occur[s] in sub-Saharan Africa.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this type of long narrative poem, which in Africa is exemplified by ones about Lianja and Sundiata.
ANSWER: epic poetry [accept Epic of Sundiata; accept Lianja Epic; reject “national epics”]
[10m] Isidore Okpewho’s (“oak-PAY-woh’s”) rebuttal to Finnegan analyzes the story of Kambili as an epic through the lens of this theory. This hypothesis, named for two scholars, theorizes that oral poets used formulas and repetition to memorize long poems.
ANSWER: Parry–Lord hypothesis [prompt on oral-traditional theory or oral tradition; prompt on oral-formulaic composition]
[10h] Another rebuttal to Finnegan is an epic about the Arab–Byzantine wars written in this form. This form of Swahili heroic narrative poetry consists of four-line eight-syllable stanzas whose fourth line retains a rhyme constant through the poem.
ANSWER: utenzi [or utend̠i; accept Utenzi wa Tambuka or Utend̠i wa Tambuka; accept Utenzi wa Hirqal or Utend̠i wa Hirqal]

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Brown ACornell B1010020
Chicago CIllinois A100010
Columbia BWUSTL A100010
Florida AYale B1010020
Florida BDuke A100010
Georgia Tech APenn State A1010020
Georgia Tech BClaremont A100010
Johns Hopkins AUC Berkeley A100010
MIT AMichigan A100010
Maryland ARutgers A100010
Minnesota AHarvard A100010
Minnesota BNYU A100010
North Carolina AChicago B100010
Ohio State AColumbia A1010020
Penn AHouston A100010
Rutgers BTexas A100010
South Carolina APurdue A100010
Stanford ANorthwestern A100010
Virginia AImperial A100010
WUSTL BUC Berkeley B100010
Yale AMcGill A1010020