英文摘要 |
“Folklore literature” is another name of “oral folklore”, sometimes it iscalled “oral literature”. Originally it comes from the English word “folklore”.The “folklore” and “literature” is different. If the literature’s nature is fromwriting, folklore is from orality. This study is specially on the research oforality of folklore. The most important genres of folklore are folk song/ balladand folk narratives (including myth, legend, folktale).Orality means the action of talking, telling, for audience, is to listen.Listening is very different from reading, it has the problem of memory. Oralliterature, from ballad, folk song to folktale, all have the influence of orality/memory problem. The repetition, tripling, and formulaic expression are thenature of folklore. This research has given a good explanation for mostproblems of the orality of folklore. |