An Analysis of Ong’s, Marroti’s, and Halverson’s Works (1525 words, 3 pages)
Ong,Walter, J. Orality and Literacy. The Technologizing of the Word. LondonMethuen Co. Ltd,1982. Chapter Two and Three. In Chapter Two, Ong predominantly discusses the findings of Milman Parry regarding the composition of Homeric poetry. Parry exposes the repetitive formulas, the recurring themes and the re-constituted "old set of expressions"(23) that ...
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