Orality and Literacy - Monoskop

2 The modern discovery of primary oral cultures 17 Early awareness of oral tradition 17 The Homeric question 18 Milman Parry’s discovery 20 ... implications of the new discoveries have been startling. Many of the features we have taken for granted in thought and expression in literature, philosophy and science, and even in oral discourse ...

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