ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions transmitted by word of mouth through successive generations. Storytelling and oral tradition are forms of word of mouth that play important roles in folklore and mythology.

Detailed explanation-2: -Storytelling through oral tradition dates back to different points in history, depending on the culture. These traditions use song, chant and epic poetry to tell stories that had been handed down from generation to generation and eventually written and published. Myths were also first passed on through word of mouth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or poetry.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oral traditions and expressions domain encompasses an enormous variety of spoken forms including proverbs, riddles, tales, nursery rhymes, legends, myths, epic songs and poems, charms, prayers, chants, songs, dramatic performances and more.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oral Tradition Examples in Legends and Folklore Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey were passed down through oral tradition by poets before becoming written. The story of Atlantis is an oral tradition in Egypt that found it’s way into an epic poem. Big Foot is an urban legend of a half-human, half-gorilla creature.