ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

FOLK LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Folk literature has been passed down through the oral tradition. What does this mean?
A
It was told through text message.
B
It was told through word of mouth.
C
It was told through a viral tik tok.
D
It was written down and passed along.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Oral tradition (sometimes referred to as “oral culture” or “oral lore") is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another. The messages or testimony are verbally transmitted in speech or song and may take the form, for example, of folktales, sayings, ballads, songs, or chants.

Detailed explanation-2: -: the stories, beliefs, etc., that a group of people share by telling stories and talking to each other.

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: -folk literature, also called folklore or oral tradition, the lore (traditional knowledge and beliefs) of cultures having no written language.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oral Tradition and Poetic Style In order to remember these stories, which were often thousands of lines long, the storytellers developed techniques to aid their memory, which included using rhythm, rhyme, and other repetitive techniques like alliteration, which is the repetition of a sound at the beginning of words.

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