[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Aliteracy - something that doesn't apply to any of us...

[Amber]

--- Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Plato also warned that writing would be the death of memory, and he 
> was right also.  How many modern-day people can recite the Odyssey 
> aloud without reading it?

I'd say that people who've studied the Odyssey professionally and have
written loads of papers on it could. Of course, those people are
probably few and far inbetween.

I wonder how many people "back then" could recite the Odyssey without
reading it. I was under the impression that being a storyteller was a
specific "occupation". Not everyone did it. So while many people knew
the story (as many people nowadays do), they all couldn't recite it
from memory. Of course, I've never studied ancient people so I should
probably keep my mouth shut...

> I, for one, have grown up loving movies and books, and I'm very glad
> they both exist, but I would rather have books than movies any day.

Amen to that!

> Amy Z
> who gets to read for pleasure and work at the same time--calloo! 
> callay!

You lucky duck! <resignedly goes back to debugging her java code>

~Amber


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