tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post5165497959304636945..comments2024-03-27T23:59:01.850-07:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): Guy Goodman Reviews Beowulf (Revision)Chris Brecheenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-66579698706342683812015-02-02T09:41:54.823-08:002015-02-02T09:41:54.823-08:00Looking forward to that post on modern oral tradit...Looking forward to that post on modern oral tradition!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970758459195770397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-32232707914337751522015-02-01T14:11:06.214-08:002015-02-01T14:11:06.214-08:00I feel like I've seen some really insightful s...I feel like I've seen some really insightful stuff on the modern oral tradition, but it might take me some digging to find it again.Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-32723381883071173562015-02-01T14:05:02.447-08:002015-02-01T14:05:02.447-08:00Yeah, I mean stories that people only tell orally ...Yeah, I mean stories that people only tell orally into the modern day. That don't get written down, or recorded, or made into movies/ television. That we still just tell.<br /><br />Urban legends, kind of, I guess. I mean, they get written down but they don't really have the same sort of feel as people feel perfectly comfortable embellishing them when they forward them, or dropping details or adding details that can be associated with an oral tradition.Antigone10https://www.blogger.com/profile/12414420272263327779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-69091986347765574612015-02-01T09:11:08.803-08:002015-02-01T09:11:08.803-08:00You mean stories people ONLY tell orally.
There w...You mean stories people ONLY tell orally.<br /><br />There were, and for a long time after the Guttenburg press. In many of the European colonies, including what would become the United States, slaves were kept illiterate to keep their power. They told stories to each other (usually heavily coded stories about slave life). Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-40103196333876898622015-02-01T07:28:06.114-08:002015-02-01T07:28:06.114-08:00I realize this is a humorous post (and it worked, ...I realize this is a humorous post (and it worked, I smiled and giggled) but I have a serious question. Is there any remains of the oral tradition in the Western world anymore? It seems like Gutenburg mostly wiped that away, but is there something obvious I'm missing? I might have the wrong google thread, but I could find anything there.Antigone10https://www.blogger.com/profile/12414420272263327779noreply@blogger.com