Alf Laylah Farsi in Performance:Afghanistan,1975[1].

Examines one case of transformation of a story from "Alf Laylah" in its 19th century literary Persian translation and then into an oral performance recorded in pre-war Afghanistan. Identification of elements of the then-current oral folktale style in Dari (Afghan Persian) and in surface stylistics that the teller introduced into the performance of a tale; Specific changes in a written narrative when it turns or returns to oral performance and transmission.