Narrating in Asháninka: The Orality of the River and School

Abstract

This study addresses the continuum logic of oral storytelling in Asháninka narrative. Currently, we observe that narrating in Asháninka is a preference that contributes to recognizing the discursive uses of Asháninka narratives, which continue to be present and transmitted as an oral tradition in the twenty-first century, as well as their relationship with the written form. Our research focuses on Asháninka narrative, particularly on the forms of superstructure, macrostructure, and microstructure that provide analytical parameters for examining how mythical narratives begin and end. Finally, we present a written structural model that analyzes various mythical narratives collected by Indigenous authors and non-Indigenous riverside authors.