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

His story is oral literature at its best.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the purpose of both was to preserve intact the rhythms and patterns of a primitive, 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 Hearn, Lafcadio