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CBSE - History - Print Culture and the Modern World

Print Culture and the Modern World

Long Answer Type

 How did oral culture enter print and how was the printed material transmitted orally? Explain

Oral culture entered print into the following ways –
 1. Printers published popular ballads and folktales.
 2. Books were profusely illustrated with pictures. Printed material was transmitted orally in the following ways.
 I. These were sung at gathering in villages, taverns and in towns.
 II. They were recited in public gathering.

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