Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word
by:
Walter J. Ong (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780415538381 (0415538386)
ASIN: 415538386
Publish date: November 1st 2012
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
History,
Academic,
Humanities,
Language,
Science,
Technology,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Philosophy,
Anthropology,
Theory
A very thought-provoking book for me. Not a quick or an easy read, but worth the effort. Really makes me realize how much our thinking and worldview is affected by print literacy. I also don't recall any discussion in my literature of how reading the Odyssey, Socrates, etc. were such a different exp...