Colloquium "The Mysteries of Europe". Palacio del Infantado, Guadalajara, Spain, June 14-17th 2012.

Abstract

Text is devoted to phenomena of contemporary public storytelling as specific cultural form between folk, popular and artificial culture in its historical development from stage storytellers of the 1950 to postmodern public storytellers, with special emphasis on historical and cultural context of the most important storytelling festival and accompanying colloquium organized in Spanish Guadalajara.

Keywords

• public storytelling
• stage storytelling
• oral storytelling
• popular culture
• storytelling festivals