1: ORAL LITERATURE
Oral literature refers to the type of literature
delivered by means of mouth. It is presented orally or in spoken form.
ELEMENT OF ORAL LITERATURE
Oral literature is
made by different element such as:-
i.
Proverbs
ii.
Chants
iii.
folk tells
iv.
Idioms
v.
Recitation
vi.
Lullabies
vii.
Riddle
viii.
Fable
ix.
Songs
x.
Myth
xi.
Legends`
xii.
Anecdotes
Where:
i.
Proverbs; is well known phrase
or sentences that gives advices or say something that is generally true.
Proverbs are also termed as philosophical statement.
Eg; hurry hurry has no blessing. Little by little
fills the purse
ii.
Songs; refers to the set of
word put in music form. Song are sung in special incidence like wedding
ceremony, harvest ceremony etc.
iii.
Recitation; refers to the act of
peace of poetry that present to an audiences. (ngonjera)
iv.
Chants; these are prayer
songs, sung for religious purposes.
v.
Lullabies; are songs to sooth
the children or babies.
vi.
Myth; are stories talk
about how different things originated.
Example; Why Animals lives the way they do. How death
comes on the earth.
vii.
Falk tells; is a very tradition story from a particular
place that was originally pass on to people on particular form.
viii.
Riddles; refers to the puccles
that is set in order to make somebody discover the hidden meanings. (tendawili) Example; we are three in our family =
cooking stones
ix.
Legends; a story ancient time
tells about people and events that may or may not true. It very related to
myth.
x.
Idioms; a group of word whose
is different from the meaning of individual words. Example; don’t late the cat out of the bag, Meaning-to
tell secret by mistake.
xi.
Fable; is a short story that
does not based on fact (truth) offer uses animals as character to convey a
moral message. Example; here and hyena.
xii.
Anecdote; is a short interesting and amazing story
about particular incident in a life. There elements of truth.
