RUSSIAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Russian Culture, Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, Nanny
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The last few days she has been talking about oral. Tales could change to fit the situation. As control of the text is changes so the social function of the text changes. The teller can change the story to fit the society/audience. The tellers are usually held in high esteem. Throughout history, people have told these tales. Strong emphasis on plot as opposed to setting/character. Repetition is in oral ft but different put in there so people could remember what they would tell. Modeled after the oral tales, but has an established form. All version of oral tales of authorian version. Can persist in a way that oral tales are not written down and the story does not change. There is a lot less need for the repetition bc people are memorizing it. Only upper class could read so they were writing it for the upper class huge shift from oral tales bc peasants mainly told oral tales.
