Abstract: In approaching this topic, I decided to start by discussing memory in oral cultures, which is what I call those without writing. Unlike many other scholars, I use the phrase ‘oral tradition’ to refer to what is transmitted orally in literate cultures. The two forms of oral transmission in societies with and without writing are often conflated, and that has been the case in the well-known work of Parry and Lord on the ‘orality’ of Homer. Most epics are products of literate cultures even if they are performed orally.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-09-03
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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