Orality and Literacy
by:
Walter J. Ong (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780203426258 (0203426258)
Publish date: May 23rd 2002
Publisher: Routledge
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...