FEATURES OF ORAL LITERATURE

FEATURES OF ORAL LITERATURE

1. Creativity; it is characterized by creative composition and performance the narrator tend to be very creative when narrating the story in order to meet the aesthetic value.

2. Style; Oral literature employs face to face meeting in its presentation.

3. Orality; oral literature is transmitted through oral expression or a word of mouth.

4. Flexibility; oral literature is flexible that it can change its origin immediately if the narrator commit a mistake.

5. Inexpensive/cost; oral literature is not expensive that is the one can get it free in charge through is or through narration done by the elder during the night.

6. Age; oral literature is old, it is emerged before the existence of writings

7. Ownership; oral literature is the product of whole society i.e both educated and non educated.

8. Oral literature needs an area where audiences and artists can sit and make narration.