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. | 



 
