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Orality and Literacy. The Significance of Literacy


Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2013

21 Pages, Grade: 1,3


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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Defining Literacy and Orality
1.1. Medial and Conceptual Dimensions
1.2. Literacy
1.3. Orality
1.3.1. Primary Orality
1.3.2. Secondary Orality

2. Characteristics of Oral Cultures
2.1. Additive rather than subordinative
2.2. Aggregative rather than analytic
2.3. Redundant or ‘copious’
2.4. Conservative or traditionalist
2.5. Close to the human life world
2.6. Agonistically toned
2.7. Empathetic and participatory rather than objectively distanced
2.8. Homeostatic
2.9. Situational rather than abstract

3. From Orality to Literacy
3.1. Precursors of Writing: Cave Paintings and Cuneiforms
3.2. Hieroglyphs
3.3. Greek Alphabet

4. Impact of Literacy on Society
4.1. Degree of Complexity
4.2. Archiving
4.3. Problem of Interpretation
4.4. Social Differentiation

Conclusion

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Title
Orality and Literacy. The Significance of Literacy
College
University of Kassel
Grade
1,3
Author
Year
2013
Pages
21
Catalog Number
V511358
ISBN (eBook)
9783346086495
ISBN (Book)
9783346086501
Language
English
Keywords
orality, literacy, significance
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Julia Trede (Author), 2013, Orality and Literacy. The Significance of Literacy, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/511358

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