Concept information
Preferred term
oral literature
Definition
- Oral literature, or oral mediums, are stories that are or have been transmitted in spoken forms, such as a public recitation, rather than through the medium of writing. Many societies, both pre-literate and literate, have a tradition of oral literature that includes short folktales, legends, myths, proverbs, and riddles. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Oral Literature]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/oral_literature
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