Orally Transmitted Literature in La Higuerilla de Tejeda, Canary Islands

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Canary Islands, Tejeda, Gran Canaria, Orally transmitted literature

Abstract

This article faithfully depicts the oral tradition of La Higuerilla, in the rural area of Tejeda (Gran Canaria), within the Canary Islands. The reporter, María del Socorro García Quintana and her two daughters, provide us with an important collection of romances, songs (the arrorró nursery rhyme, coplas and other folk songs), tales and stories of witches, aberruntos, and candil and children’s dance games The genre best represented is that of the coplas and tales of witches, as well as a good collection of romances. The corpus that the reporter owns is faithful to a part of the tradition that existed in the past, but which is now very difficult to recover.

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Author Biography

  • Andrés Monroy Caballero, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Departamento de Filología Española, Clásica y de Estudios Árabes y Orientales

    Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Profesor Asociado

Boletín de Literatura Oral, 9 (2019)

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Published

2019-07-15

Issue

Vol. 9 (2019): Periodo de Publicación: 16/6/2018-15/6/2019. Publicado el 15/7/2019

Section

Corpus

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How to Cite

Monroy Caballero, A. (2019). Orally Transmitted Literature in La Higuerilla de Tejeda, Canary Islands. Boletín De Literatura Oral, 9, 291-320. https://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/blo/article/view/4448