口述传统与口述历史

Oral Tradition and Oral History by Ruth Finnegan

路丝·芬尼甘(RuthFinnegan)为《文化人类学百科词典》(1996)撰写了词条"口述传统",该词条对于"口述"和"传统"的各种意义以及"口述传统"研究的几个主题进行了梳理和探讨。本文选择编译了其中与口述历史关系较为密切的部分内容,包括"口述"和"传统"的各种意义;口述传统与口述历史;作为社会过程的口述传统等。

Ruth Finnegan has written an entry Oral Tradition for the book called An Eneyclopaedia Dictionary for Cultural Anthropology(1996).This entry discusses the various meanings of Dictation and Tradition as well as the subjects that the Oral Tradition studies.This paper selects and edits some contents closely related to the Oral History,including the various meanings of Dictation and Tradition;Oral Tradition and Oral History;Oral Tradition in the process of social development and so on.