How Long to Read Hidden Paradigms

How Long Does it Take to Read Hidden Paradigms?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 30 minutes to read Hidden Paradigms by Brenda E.F. Beck

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Understanding an epic story’s key belief patterns can reveal community-level values, the nature of familial bonds, and how divine and human concerns jockey for power and influence. These foundational motifs remain understudied as they relate to South Asian folk legends, but are nonetheless crucial in shaping the values exemplified by such stories’ central heroes and heroines. In Hidden Paradigms, anthropologist Brenda E.F. Beck describes The Legend of Ponnivala, an oral epic from rural South India. Recorded in 1965, this story was sung to a group of village enthusiasts by a respected pair of local bards. This grand legend took more than thirty-eight hours to complete over eighteen nights. Bringing this unique example of Tamil culture to the attention of an international audience, Beck compares this virtually unknown South Indian epic to five other culturally significant works – the Ojibwa Nanabush cycle, the Mahabharata, an Icelandic Saga, the Bible, and the Epic of Gilgamesh – establishing this foundational Tamil story as one that engages with the same universal human struggles and themes present throughout the world. Copiously illustrated, Hidden Paradigms provides a fresh example of the power of comparative thinking, offering a humanistic complement to scientific reasoning.

How long is Hidden Paradigms?

Hidden Paradigms by Brenda E.F. Beck is 510 pages long, and a total of 127,500 words.

This makes it 172% the length of the average book. It also has 156% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hidden Paradigms Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 36 minutes to read Hidden Paradigms aloud.

What Reading Level is Hidden Paradigms?

Hidden Paradigms is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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