So, the poem is written in the praise song tradition and pays homage to the spiritual ritual of the masquerade. Here, the poet has borrowed from oral literature in the style and structure of his poem.

Oral literature evolved in human societies along with the development of language long before the advent of writing. After writing came written literature, but oral literature persisted in both ...

Most biblical literature was written long before this dark age. However, the priests who took over the leadership of the Jewish community during this period preserved and edited biblical literature.

Written literature includes works of fiction, poetry, drama, short stories, in creative interaction with oral literatures. There is an organic relationship between oral and written literature.

Drawing the link between oral and written literature, Alembi is also taking literature away from the caged ivory towers back to its rightful consumers-the people in the streets and villages.

71 children aged six to nine years participated in Marquis and Royle's study on the relationship between oral and written language skills (e.g., children's ability to orally conjugate verbs in the ...