Orality, Literacy, and Personality

Public lecture from Ong's Lincoln Lecture series. Ong's summary: Cultures dominated by writing and print are strongly visualist: for them, even words, which are essentially sounds, are commonly thought of in great part as something visible, written or printed. The "world" or &qu...

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Main Author: Ong, Walter J.
Format: Online
Language:eng
Created: Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center 1974
Online Access:http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ong/id/682
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spelling sluoai_ong-682 Orality, Literacy, and Personality Ong, Walter J. Language and culture; Oral tradition; Writing; Oral-formulaic analysis; Personality; Individuality; Consciousness Lectures; Presentations (communicative events) Public lecture from Ong's Lincoln Lecture series. Ong's summary: Cultures dominated by writing and print are strongly visualist: for them, even words, which are essentially sounds, are commonly thought of in great part as something visible, written or printed. The "world" or "universe" for such a culture tends to be thought of as something displayed in front of one's eyes, spread out for apprehension by vision. Other ways of experiencing the "world" are possible: it can be thought of as like sound, as something going on, as a happening in which we are participating, as a harmony. Sound is always a happening, an ongoing event, and oral cultures can favor a sense of the world or universe as something not so much seen as lived with and in. The tendency in highly technologized cultures to develop interest in happenings accompanies their break-through into a new world of sound with electronic media (telephone, radio, television). The relationship of this technological breakthrough to African cultures and psychological structures can be the subject of audience comment and discussion. 1974 2006 text/PDF lincoln02_en SLU_Ong_Lincoln 64 2 1 1 239 Permission to copy or publish must be obtained from the Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections Department Saint Louis University Libraries Digitization Center text eng Saint Louis University Libraries Special Collections http://cdm17321.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ong/id/682
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description Public lecture from Ong's Lincoln Lecture series. Ong's summary: Cultures dominated by writing and print are strongly visualist: for them, even words, which are essentially sounds, are commonly thought of in great part as something visible, written or printed. The "world" or "universe" for such a culture tends to be thought of as something displayed in front of one's eyes, spread out for apprehension by vision. Other ways of experiencing the "world" are possible: it can be thought of as like sound, as something going on, as a happening in which we are participating, as a harmony. Sound is always a happening, an ongoing event, and oral cultures can favor a sense of the world or universe as something not so much seen as lived with and in. The tendency in highly technologized cultures to develop interest in happenings accompanies their break-through into a new world of sound with electronic media (telephone, radio, television). The relationship of this technological breakthrough to African cultures and psychological structures can be the subject of audience comment and discussion.
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