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The 23 pages that link to Oral literature, each with the reason it gives.

• One Thousand and One NightsNarrower topic: Oral circulation contributed to the variation among tales and versions of the Nights.

• Elias LönnrotNarrower topic: It distinguishes the source tradition from the edited written epic Lönnrot published.

• Vernacular literatureCompared with: Vernacular literature is defined by language choice, while oral literature is defined by transmission.

• Latin American literatureNarrower topic: Oral storytelling traditions inform written works across Indigenous and Afro-Latin American cultures.

• Oral poetryNarrower topic: Oral poetry is one poetic form within this broader body of verbal art.

• American literary canonCompared with: Its traditions expose the limits of a canon organized mainly around printed books.

• Vuk KaradžićNarrower topic: The songs and tales he collected belonged to a living oral tradition.

• Mexican literatureNarrower topic: Oral transmission sustains Indigenous narratives and poetic forms alongside print literature.

• South African literatureNarrower topic: Performance traditions predate print and continue to shape South African literary expression.

• Medieval literatureRelated: Performance and memory carried many stories alongside manuscript transmission.

• Afro-Brazilian literatureNarrower topic: Oral traditions inform the rhythms, storytelling practices, and communal voices of Afro-Brazilian writing.

• LiteratureNarrower topic: Written literature developed alongside traditions carried through performance and memory.

• Sun WukongNarrower topic: The novel draws on a long history of retellings and performance traditions.

• Epic of ManasNarrower topic: Its changing versions reflect the conventions of oral transmission.

• Amos TutuolaNarrower topic: Tutuola’s narrative rhythms and episodes draw on oral storytelling traditions.

• Marianne MithunRelated: Mithun treats oral texts as evidence for grammar, history, and expressive practice.

• Abd al-Rahman al-MajdoubNarrower topic: Many verses attributed to al-Majdoub survived through recitation and communal memory.

• Ancient literatureRelated: Many ancient texts grew from performances and traditions older than their surviving copies.

• Birago DiopNarrower topic: Diop recast stories from spoken traditions as written texts.

• Ebrahim HusseinRelated: Hussein’s drama engages a literary culture in which spoken performance has deep roots.

• Jack MapanjeNarrower topic: Mapanje’s poetry and editorial work draw on oral forms rather than treating literature as print alone.

• Muhammed Said AbdullaRelated: Swahili oral storytelling provides a cultural backdrop to Abdulla's written fiction.

• Shaaban bin RobertNarrower topic: Oral storytelling and proverbial expression inform the style of his writing.