Oral literature

Oral literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken word to literature Literature

Literature is literally "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary [i] ... 

 as literature operates in the domain of the written Writing

Writing may refer to two activities: the inscribing of characters on a medium, with the intention of for... 

 word. It thus forms a generally more fundamental component of culture Culture

The word culture, from the Latin [i] colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generall ... 

, but operates in many ways as one might expect literature to do. It is also known by the neologism orature, in an attempt to avoid an oxymoron, but oral literature remains more common both in academic and popular writing.

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Oral literature corresponds in the sphere of the spoken word to literature Literature

Literature is literally "acquaintance with letters" as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary [i] ... 

 as literature operates in the domain of the written Writing

Writing may refer to two activities: the inscribing of characters on a medium, with the intention of for... 

 word. It thus forms a generally more fundamental component of culture Culture

The word culture, from the Latin [i] colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generall ... 

, but operates in many ways as one might expect literature to do. It is also known by the neologism orature, in an attempt to avoid an oxymoron, but oral literature remains more common both in academic and popular writing.

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