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Orature

Orature. By: Johnathan Allen. Orature & The Times. Orature = Oral Literature Stories weren’t written They were told and spread by word of mouth Passed between generations Strong bonding experience Communal participation in Africa Easier telling than learning write and/or read

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Orature

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  1. Orature • By: Johnathan Allen

  2. Orature & The Times • Orature= Oral Literature • Stories weren’t written • They were told and spread by word of mouth • Passed between generations • Strong bonding experience • Communal participation in Africa • Easier telling than learning write and/or read • Decline of European orature • Printing press • More people reading and writing

  3. Orature & The Changing Times • In the US • Slaves mostly kept orature alive • Orature coined as term by • PioZirimu or NgugiwaThiong’o • Further Decline from • Movies • Radio • Still orally but not passed from generation to the next • Television • 87% literacy rate worldwide

  4. Examples of Orature • Folklore • Urban legends • Origin myths • Personal tales

  5. Common Traits of Orature • Frequently origin stories • Usually have a moral • With morally flawed but potentially redeemable character • Can be told • To teach a lesson to an individual or group • To entertain

  6. Orature of Old • Many classic stories previously told orally • Canterbury Tales • Le Morted’Arthur • Rigveda • Iliad • Odyssey

  7. Orature’s Influences • Despite common traits • Themes, morals, & genres differ between cultures • Stories change over time depending on culture and even the storyteller • Either modified or discarded • Variations in words differ the story as well.

  8. Benefits to Orature • Story can be made appropriate for varying audiences • Great practice for oration • Committal to memory instead of needing a book • Story can be made to have a personal effect on the listener

  9. Orature Today • Rural people • Africa • South East Asia • Family stories • Campfire Stories

  10. Orature’s Rebirth • Why orature? • We have recording mediums • No need to memorize words • Like college • One big reason • What if?

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