Oral literature

I grew up in a rural part of Ethiopia where there are no proper health facilities, let alone a dentist. But, there is a strong tradition of celebrating a healthy and clean teeth; beautifully expressed by songs, poems, and other forms of literature. Lyrics about a woman’s teeth like “her tooth is so white, it shines more than an ice” are very common in Ethiopian music. Most of Ethiopian population lives in the countryside and doesn’t have accesses for toothbrush or toothpaste instead, people…

individual requires a bond with the traditions and the faith of the community, that s/he is historically constructed and connected. Like many Latin American writers, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been inextricably linked to this style of literature,” magical realism." Literature of this type is usually characterized…

reason it is so effortless to read and understand his literature. In Douglass’ My Life and Bondage, he writes “Disappearing from the kind reader, in a flying cloud or balloon (pardon the figure), driven…

The existing monogatari, most likely penned by men, pulled largely from Chinese literature. Notably, Shikabu shifts from the male viewpoint of her prince, Genji to the inner lives of the women he encounters. This seems to be in direct counterpoint to The Tosa Diary, which begins in the female voice but quickly swings to the vantage…

Throughout our readings we have seen the lessons in young adult literature be given to an alternative character rather than through the main character. One of these examples being from Anderson’s Speak. In her book the main character’s lesson on expressing yourself are told through two particular individuals: Mr. Freeman and David Petrakis. For Mr. Freeman the lesson is told to her when she asks how to express emotion through art. He responds with telling her to “think about love, or hate, or…

to be caused mainly due to lack of an institutional oral care guidelines followed at this hospital. Hiroko and Blegen, 2015 carried out a research on how institutional guidelines for oral care and improvement of nursing perception on following the proper protocol helps in diminishing VAP infections. This research was a cross-sectional carried out within 8 hospitals with ICU in 2009. This was a quantitative study giving evidence that proper oral hygiene care with set guidelines wholly or…

particular issues changed? Did you become aware of the subjective nature of value judgments? Why or why not? Can you find any support in the literature for your position? Provide evidence of at least four articles. What is the next step for you in learning about cultural health care? Be sure to provide examples from your practice and tie in literature. Guidelines for Written Assignments ‘A’ Level 1. Introduction is comprehensive, gives reader good direction, ‘sets the scene’, and is…

Henitiuk suggests that it is very likely that James McNeill, a Literature Development Specialist with the Canadian government, was involved in the shaping of the translation since his mediation role is made explicit in the acknowledgements (47). The author also notes the significance of the English version being circulated…

In cultural literature, there are usually two types of literature. An author generally chooses to compose either an epic, or a tragic. What is the difference between the two? An epic is usually a long narrative poem that recounts the deeds of a hero. Typically, this poem is exaggerated and/or elevated and the deed the specific hero performs are described as to be legendary. Furthermore, the epic, on most occasions, originates as an oral tradition. An example of this would be Achilles in Homer’s,…

The term folklore refers to folk-literature including folk poetry, songs and stories and folksay including puzzles, riddles and anecdotes relating to a particular culture. In its narrow sense, it is oral literature transmitted from one generation to another by word of mouth and embodying the ethnicity of that particular group. Sindhi folklore is a rich representation of ancient Sindhi culture which is being forgotten as time passes and the political situation gets worse. Sassui Punnun is a one…