Karl Reichl

List of John Benjamins publications in which Karl Reichl is involved.

Article

Reichl, Karl 2003 The search for origins: Ritual aspects of the performance of epic Ritual Language Behaviour, Bax, Marcel (ed.), pp. 249–267 | Article

Although in some traditions (notably in India) oral epics are performed as part of a religious ritual, there is no overt ritual function of the epic in most oral traditions known today. However, even in a purely secular and seemingly non-ritual context, the performance of oral epics can have… read more