DEFFERENCE BETWEEN
ORAL AND WRITTEN LITERATURE
| 
ORAL LITERATURE | 
WRITTEN LITERATURE | 
| 
i.            
  It presented/delivered through the words of mouth. It is given orally | 
It presented/delivered in written document. It
  involves writing. | 
| 
ii.           
  Is not selective exact both literate and deliterate one’s are involved
  and enjoyed. It is property of whole society. | 
Is selective only educated one’s are involved. It is
  not a property of whole society. | 
| 
iii.          
  Must be done when there is an audience the speaker and hearer. | 
It can be done even by one person that is writer. | 
| 
iv.          
  Is older than written literature. It passed generation to generation
  from the time ancestors  | 
It is not older. It comes after the invention of
  science and technology. | 
| 
v.           
  It is flexible, that it can undergo changes easily in the cause of
  speaking. | 
Is not flexible and cannot undergo changes easily.  | 
| 
vi.          
  It less expensive, it does not need any cost when somebody speaks.  | 
Is expensive, it presented by using written
  document, one’s needs to buy like pens, papers, or text book. | 



 
