oral literature
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Norman Douglas cottoned onto the fact that children’s games were a source of oral literature that lay outside of other kinds, and had not been studied before.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2012
Unsurprisingly, the performances – given that the storytellers are not allowed to use notes – tend towards the raw and unstructured; they also occasionally blur the distinction between oral literature and stand-up comedy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2010
But the purpose of both was to preserve intact the rhythms and patterns of a primitive, oral literature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until recently, limericks were mostly unprintable and constituted one of the few forms of modern oral literature.
From Time Magazine Archive
And that they should have been able to preserve this oral literature without deterioration is especially remarkable from the fact that the yama-no-mono were never taught to read or write.
From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Lafcadio Hearn
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