Class: Monday, November 28th

1. Adding to your notes on the EPIC and MYTH, please write down the next literary term: 

Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved and transmitted orally from one generation to another. The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or verses.

Please read through the following handout... take notes accordingly. 

Characteristics of ORAL COMPOSITION

2. You will be gathering specific evidence from the text of Gilgamesh. Notice you are developing on the idea that these components exist  and moving on to now what is their impact and how they interact. Your notes will look like big headings and bulleted supporting conclusions with specific evidence for the following two prompts.... 

How do myths, archetypes, epics, and the oral tradition associate with one another? How do they diverge? Closely examine the characteristics of each major concept and look for common ground in their make-up. How do they differ? 

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How does HISTORICAL CONTEXT tie into these literary/cultural concepts? 

This is a thinking exercise. You have been presented with a lot of new information and technical components that help you understand these concepts. This exercise is designed for you to start looking at the big picture and how these concepts interact with one another.