Pre Colonial Literature Characteristics

PRE COLONIAL LITERATURE CHARACTERISTICS 1. Based Based on on oral oral tra tradit dition ion.. 2. Crude Crude on ideolo ideology gy and !raseol !raseology ogy.. ". E#resses E#resses t!e !oes !oes and asirations$ asirations$ t!e eole%s li&estyles as 'ell as as t!eir lo(es. ). E#lain !o' t!e 'orld 'as 'as *reated$ *reated$ !o' *ertain ani+als ani+als ossess ossess *ertain *!ara*teristi*s$ *!ara*teristi*s$ '!y so+e la*es !a(e 'ater&alls$ (ol*anoes$ +ountains$ ,ora or &auna. -. ro+ t!e analysis analysis o& *olle*ted *olle*ted oral lore lore o& iliinos iliinos '!o '!o 'ere a/le a/le to reser(e reser(e t!eir indigenous *ulture /y li(ing /eyond t!e rea*! o& t!e Sanis! *olonial ad+inistrators ad+inistrat ors *ulture o& si#teent! *entury Euroe$ t!ese iliinos 0 (ariously re&erred to as nati(es$ et!ni* +inorities $ tri/al iliinos !a(e /een a/le to reser(e &or us ei*s$ tales$ songs$ riddles$ ro(er/s$ and +yt!s t!at are no' our 'indo's to a ast 'it! no 'ritten re*ords 'e *an study. 3. T!ey are are not *ultural *ultural arti&a*ts$ arti&a*ts$ li4e li4e tools to ritual arti*le. arti*le. T!ey are are to /e seen seen as *ultural ite+s use&ul in t!e re*onstru*tion o& a eriod o& our literary !istory t!at !as /een o/s*ured /y t!e intrusion o& a &oreign *ulture$ /ut '!i*! ne(ert!eless e#erted and *ontinued to e#ert in,uen*e on t!e literary 'or4s o&  su**eeding generations$ generations$ in ter+s o& outloo4$ t!e+e$ and te*!ni5ue. 6. As literary literary 'or4s *reated *reated in t!e t!e setting o& o& a so*iety so*iety '!ere t!e e*ono+i* su/sisten*e 0 land 'ater and &orest 0 'ere *o++unally o'ned$ t!e oral literature o& t!e re*olonial iliinos /ore t!e +ar4s o& t!e *o++unity. 7. T!e su/8e*t su/8e*t +atter +atter 'as in(aria/ in(aria/ly ly t!e *o++on *o++on e#erien* e#erien*e e o& t!e eole *onstituting a (illage 0 &ood gat!ering$ *reatures and o/8e*ts o& nature$ 'or4 in t!e !o+e 9eld$ &orest or sea$ *aring &or *!ildren et*.. :. T!e language language o& oral literature$ literature$ unless t!e ie*e 'as t!e art o& t!e *o++unity li4e t!e ei*$ 'as t!e language o& daily li&e. 1;.T!e *on(entions o& t!e (arious literary &or+s$ li4e &or+ulai* reetitions$ stereotying o& *!ara*ters$ regular r!yt!+i* and +usi*al de(i*es$ 'ere aid to t!e er&or+ers '!o 'ere /etter a/le to re*all t!e ie*es /e*ause o& t!eir *on(entions. It 'as t!ese *on(entions t!at &a*ilitated t!e trans+ission o& oe+s$ songs$ tales$ +yt!s and sayings and insured t!eir sur(i(al into later ti+es as t!ey +o(ed &ro+ one indi(idual to anot!er$ one *o++unity to anot!er$ and one generation to anot!er. 11.T!e ro/le+ en*ountered en*ountered in t!e 'riting o& t!e oral literature. T!e C!ristianiTHS IN THE CO==UNIT> 1.

To e#lain e#lain natural !eno+ena$ ast ast e(ents and *onte+orary *onte+orary /elie&s in order to +a4e t!e en(iron+ent less &earso+e /y +a4ing it +ore *o+re!ensi/le and$ in +ore instan*es$ to +a4e idle !ours less tedious /y 9lling t!e+ 'it! !u+or and &antasy. 2. =yt!s and +yt!ologies see4 to rationali
". =yt!s are also o&ten used to e#lain !u+an institutions and ra*ti*es as 'ell. ). =yt!s and syste+s o& +yt!s !a(e /een *reated /y !u+an /eings &or +any reasons o(er t!ousands o& years. T!ey are a suer/ rodu*t o& !u+anity *olle*ti(ely and a ri*! resour*e &or t!e en8oy+ent o& all +an4ind. T!eir &antasti* and unreal nature to our +odern eyes s!ould not re(ent us &ro+ en8oying t!e+.