“Performance poetry has three decisive characteristics: it exists in performance; it has its major roots in orality; and it is perceived aurally by those who attend the performance event. Thus, Part I, “Back to the Roots”, tracesthe origins of poetry from a time when it belonged to oral cultures until it
made its alphabetic appearance on the page. Its main focus lies on comparing what Walter Ong calls “primary orality” and “secondary orality” (Ong 1991, 11) and George Economou labels “oral poetry” and “new oral poetry” (Economou 1975, 645).”
Contributed by
Juan Pablo Macías