Everything about Oral Literature totally explained
Oral literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken (oral) word to
literature as literature operates in the domain of the
written word. It thus forms a generally more fundamental component of
culture, but operates in many ways as one might expect literature to do. The
Ugandan scholar
Pio Zirimu introduced the term
orature in an attempt to avoid an
oxymoron, but
oral literature remains more common both in academic and popular writing.
Pre-literate societies, by definition, have no written literature, but may possess rich and varied
oral traditions—such as folk
epics,
folklore and
folksong—that effectively constitute an oral literature.
Literate societies may continue an oral tradition - particularly within the family (for example
bedtime stories) or informal social structures. The telling of
urban legends may be considered an example of oral literature, as can jokes.
Performance poetry is a genre of poetry that consciously shuns the written form.
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