MDSA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lake Ontario, Colonial Advocate, Mary Ann Shadd
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Orality refers to the pracices of a culture that does not use wriing and print. epic songs and poems, ballads, proverbs, riddles, tales, nursery rhymes, legends, myths, charms, prayers, chants, songs, dramaic performances. Mnemonic devices: rhythm, rhyming, balanced paterns, repeiion, epitheic and formulary expressions, alliteraion, proverbs, and standard themaic seings (ong 51). What are the characterisics of an oral society? repeiion. Those who can orally recount knowledge, elders, are highly regarded situaional thinking: to think quickly and on your feet in a certain situaion. Oral society kept within a group and its efort. They become holder of the knowledge that is preserved. Wriing and orality do not exclude each other. Authors of writen documents bring their own experiences, agendas and biases to their work. Chunk of land that belonged to naives. Bc wanted documents but naives orally presented it. Bc believed this was bias and unreliable and was rejected. Johannes gutenberg"s created the irst prining press between 1453 and 1456.
