Oral literature, orature, or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung in contrast to that which is written, though much oral literature...
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centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting...
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It is a medium of communication for a society to transmit oral history, oral literature, oral law and other knowledge across generations without a writing...
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African literature is literature from Africa, either oral ("orature") or written in African and Afro-Asiatic languages. Examples of pre-colonial African...
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Arts in the Philippines (redirect from Oral literature of the Philippines)
Folk performing arts – including dances, plays, and dramas. Folk (oral) literature – including epics, songs, and myths. Folk graphic and plastic arts...
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Ainu language (section Oral literature)
the history of Ainu oral literature study. Japanese linguist Kyosuke Kindaichi is also famous for his work on the oral literature of the Ainu languages...
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Laki language (section Oral literature)
significant groups of Laki oral literature are religious oral literature and astronomical literature. The first group includes Shia oral hymns and Yarsan songs...
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to literature: Literature – prose, written or oral, including fiction and non-fiction, drama, and poetry. See also the Outline of poetry. Literature can...
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Philippine mythology (section Oral literature)
sources of Philippine mythologies are oral and written literature. Oral literature (also known as folk literature) consists of stories are passed down...
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of Indian literature were orally transmitted. Sanskrit literature begins with the oral literature of the Rig Veda, a collection of literature dating to...
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Traditional Ottawa stories fall into two general categories, aasookaan 'legend, sacred story' (plural aasookaanag) and dbaajmowin 'narrative, story' (plural...
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Epic poetry (redirect from Epic (literature))
dictation from an oral performance. Milman Parry and Albert Lord have argued that the Homeric epics, the earliest works of Western literature, were fundamentally...
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Mnemosyne (section Appearance in oral literature)
of civilization in their creation myth. Later, once written literature overtook the oral recitation of epics, Plato made reference in his Euthydemus to...
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the divine world from which they come or change into benevolent powers. In oral tales and myths in West Africa, the enfant terrible can be a single character...
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tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal. Before the spread of writing, oral literature did not always survive well, but some texts and fragments have persisted...
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Wolof language (section Oral literature)
Consonants in word-initial position are as follows: All simple nasals, oral stops apart from q and glottal, and the sonorants l r y w may be geminated...
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Oral storytelling is an ancient and intimate tradition between the storyteller and their audience. The storyteller and the listeners are physically close...
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relationships between written and spoken literature in some societies can make this definition hard to maintain. Oral poetry is sometimes considered to include...
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people), with elements incorporated into the storytelling.: 6 As oral literature, the poem is believed to have originated in pre-colonial times, evolving...
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The earliest works of Malaysian literature were transmitted orally in the absence of writing scripts. Oral literature encompasses a variety of genres...
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folk literature refers to the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people. Thus, the scope of the field covers the ancient folk literature of the...
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Non-fiction (redirect from Nonfiction literature)
expository, argumentative, functional, and opinion pieces; essays on art or literature; biographies; memoirs; journalism; and historical, scientific, technical...
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Verse (poetry) (redirect from Verse (literature))
Literature Oral literature Folklore fable fairy tale folk play folksong heroic epic legend myth proverb Oration Performance audiobook spoken word Saying...
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literature was primarily oral. Major oral literary forms include folktales, poems, riddles, proverbs, and songs. The majority of the oral literature in...
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the Naxi language, but are used as a mnemonic for the recitation of oral literature. Some systems also use indicatives, which denote abstract concepts...
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in other forms of Sanskrit. Early works of Sanskrit literature were transmitted through an oral tradition for centuries before they were written down...
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Ga language (section Oral literature)
consonant and vowel /j/ has an allophone [ɲ] before nasal vowels Ga has seven oral vowels and five nasal vowels. All of the vowels have three different vowel...
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several of which can be found in the encyclopedic Compendium of Korean Oral Literature (한국 구비문학 대계/韓國口碑文學). The old Chinese text Classic of Mountains and...
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especially with non-English writings. Fables have existed through oral literature since ancient times, and praise poems became a common way to recount...
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Dagaaba people (section Oral literature)
into any large state-like structure. Ethnological studies point to oral literature which tells that the Dagaaba periodically, and ultimately successfully...
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