ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The study of oral traditions began in the nineteenth century with the Serbian scholar Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864), of peasant origins. Vuk Karadžić was a linguist and reformer of the Serbian written language, especially its orthography, bringing it closer to common speech and away from Serbian Church Slavonic.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -oral tradition, also called orality, the first and still most widespread mode of human communication. Far more than “just talking, ” oral tradition refers to a dynamic and highly diverse oral-aural medium for evolving, storing, and transmitting knowledge, art, and ideas.

Detailed explanation-4: -noun. : the stories, beliefs, etc., that a group of people share by telling stories and talking to each other.