Greetings,
Marsha:
I found an interesting book which may provide some interesting information
pertaining to the split between the social level and the intellectual level.
How the fleeting oral tradition became a more substantial, objectified written
tradition.
Orality and Literacy
by Walter J. Ong
Book Description:
"This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate
cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social
effects of writing, print and electronic technology.
"In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into
oral genres across the globe and through time, and examines the rise of
abstract philosophical and scientific thinking. He considers the impact of
orality-literacy studies not only on literary criticism and theory but on our
very understanding of what it is to be a human being, conscious of self and
other.
"This is a book no reader, writer or speaker should be without."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415281296/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
Marsha
p.s. Sorry, I didn't mean to misrepresent the text.
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