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Background: EPIC POETRY has its roots in oral, not literate, tradition. ◦ These stories were originally passed on by BARDS, or professional poets who made their living by singing folk tales and epic poems to audiences. ◦ While the details often shifted from one telling to the next, the most important elements of the story always remained the same.
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An Introduction to Oral StorytellingThe Odyssey Unit
Discuss HW: 1. Based on your
HW, what makes a person a good storyteller?
2. Volunteers Share Out:
What makes these stories interesting?
What determines whether you will pass on a story or not?
Background: EPIC POETRY has its roots in oral,
not literate, tradition. ◦These stories were originally passed
on by BARDS, or professional poets who made their living by singing folk tales and epic poems to audiences.
◦While the details often shifted from one telling to the next, the most important elements of the story always remained the same.
Our Focus: With your table group, create
working definitions of: ◦“oral tradition”◦“literate tradition”
What are some of the
problems related to using oral
rather than written
communication?
Imagine memorizing your entire SSR book. Without
having the book to look
back at, could you tell the
story the same way every
time?
With so much information and detail to remember, how was it possible for
bards to memorize
thousands of verses of poetry?!
Pass It On: As a group, choose a fairy tale,
fable, or other story that you all know.
Then, work together to identify the most important characters, objects, and actions in the story.
Cinderella
Glass Slipper
Fairy Godmot
her
Wicked Stepmo
therPrince Pumpki
n CoachChange at 12
Losing glass
slipper
Foot fits in
Slipper
Ugly Stepsist
ers
Why did most or all of your group
identify the SAME elements of the
story?
Commonalities:Share lists out to class
◦What similarities do you notice?Why do you think there are
similarities? What do these elements
REPRESENT? ◦Work with group to identify what
each element in your story SYMBOLIZES
Pulling it Together:Epic Poems are longer than fairy
tales, though. Bards used tricks to help
remember and keep the story consistent: ◦Mnemonic Devices◦Predictable Story Cycle◦Breaking it into Pieces
Finally,Often, traveling bards localized
(personalized) elements of the stories they told as they traveled from one city or town to the next.
