"The Storyteller: Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov.".

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Publication Date: 1981-Nov

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"The Storyteller: Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov."

International Journal of Oral History, v2 n3 p195-204 Nov 1981

Presents 11 selections from Walter Benjamin's essay "The Storyteller" which illustrate how the work milieu and the significance of death are incorporated into stories. Benjamin compares historiography to traditional storytelling, and discusses the effect of the storyteller's need to maintain the listener's interest upon the story's style and content. (AM)

Descriptors: Death, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Historiography, Story Telling, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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