Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-193) and index.
Summary
This work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures, offering an account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.
Contents
1. The orality of language -- 2. The modern discovery of primary oral cultures -- 3. Some psychodynamics of orality -- 4. Writing restructures consciousness -- 5. Print, space and closure -- 6. Oral memory, the story line and characterization -- 7. Some theorems.
