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Oral literature

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 has been transcribed. There is no standard definition, as anthropologists have used varying descriptions for oral literature or folk literature. A broad conceptualization refers to it as literature…

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History of oral literature

Deaf culture

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Oral literature

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples92
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
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related to Bibliography · 44
Oral literature → Achievements, Africa, Aldine, Bernardi, Cambridge, CC BY, Chicago, Finnegan, Fonti Orali, Franco Angeli, Historical Methodology, James Tar, Jan, Kegan Paul, Literacy, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, London, Mali
related to background · 16
Oral literature → Bhojpuri, Caribbean, Chutney, English, Even, For, Furthermore, Indian, Literate, Mauritius, Pre-literate, Russell Simmons' Def Poetry, The, This, Trinidad, YouTube
related to history · 10
Oral literature → Albert, Hector Munro Chadwick, In, Lord, Nora Kershaw Chadwick, Oral, South Slavic, Tales, The Singer, Thus
see also · 9
Oral literature → Archive, HeritageKamishibaiKorean, HumanityNational, Intangible Heritage, Literature, Oral, Oral Literature Project, Research ProgrammeOral, Turkish Oral NarrativeEthnopoeticsGuslarHaintenyImprovisationIntangible Cultural
related to External links · 7
Oral literature → Cambridge, Media, Oral, Project, University, Wikimedia CommonsWorld Oral Literature, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Deaf culture · 2
Oral literature → Although, Stories

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oral literature folk media spoken history performance written orature form culture orality societies traditions including tradition term may even scholars

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folkloristsinstance ofEven when these are collected and published by scholars0.80text
paremiographersinstance ofEven when these are collected and published by scholars0.80text
the result is still often referred to asinstance ofEven when these are collected and published by scholars0.80text
Africainstance ofparticularly those indigenous to regions0.80text
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundPre-literate0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundEven0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundThe0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundLiterate0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundRussell Simmons' Def Poetry0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundFurthermore0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundFor0.60section
Oral literaturerelated to backgroundBhojpuri0.60section

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