Marzagora, Sara and Orsini, Francesca (2025) 'Introduction: Written and Unwritten Literary Geographies.' In: Marzagora, Sara and Orsini, Francesca, (eds.), Oral Literary Worlds. London: Open Book Publishers, pp. 5-46.
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Abstract
World literature as the new discipline of global literary and comparative studies has been focusing almost exclusively on written literatures, and specifically on the novel. Orature plays a determinant role in literary expression around the world, yet unwritten verbal arts have been explicitly excluded from definitions of world literature. This introduction discusses key terms like orature, oral literatures and oral traditions, and outlines how a focus on oral texts and performances enriches our understanding of literature, and of world literature.
| Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| ISBN: | 9781805113126 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0405.00 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Feb 2025 08:19 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/43438 |
| Funders: | European Union |
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