Orality and Literacy (New Accents)

Teacher copy Explore the vast differences between oral and literate cultures through these brilliantly lucid accounts of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology. In the course of his study, Walter offers fascinating insights into oral genres across the globe and through time, and examines the rise of abstract philosophical and scientific thinking. He considers the impact of orality-literacy studies not only on literary criticism and theory but on our very understanding of what it is to be a human being, conscious of self and other.Ong, Walter J. is the author of 'Orality and Literacy (New Accents)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780415281294 and ISBN 0415281296.