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The Socio-Didactic Function Of Oral Literary Genres: A Paremiological Perspectivism Of Selected Ethical Proverbs
ISSN: 2617 - 0299
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The Socio-Didactic Function Of Oral Literary Genres: A Paremiological Perspectivism Of Selected Ethical Proverbs
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International Category Code (ICC):
ICC-0902
Publisher: International Journal Of Linguistics, Literature And Trans..
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IAA.ZONE/261740070299
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2617 - 0299
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Abstract
Literature is an art, a product of society which produces and mirrors society as it looks at human beings at various levels, social and cultural sides out weighing the rest. Through its generic forms, literature depicts the human beings and how they cope with life. It is a mirror through which people perceive their behaviours, ape and correct where necessary and reject what is not benefitting them. With this regard, this study explores the social and didactic functions of oral literary genres with particular interest in proverbs from four languages used and taught in Rwanda viz Kinyarwanda, English, French and Swahili. The choice of the four languages goes with the researchers’ domains as language teachers in higher education in particular. The study is qualitative and bears literary analysis. Using paremiological perspectivism, the researchers throw light on proverbs as the tools for learning and teaching society; source of knowled...
