作为操演的民间口述和作为行动的社会记忆

非文本的口述有文字表达所不及的优势 :身势、表情、语调、场景的“合谋”,生动地传达寓意 ,包括大量直觉。它以特殊的记忆形式进入说唱者的操演并不断加深、重现、重构或重造地方社会记忆。口述史要靠操演来复现和传承 ;口述史的操演是一种“立体的”社会记忆。口述史不分男女 ,都可以当讲述者和听众。口述史能够拒绝语言强势 ,可以用各种语言操演 ,其听众既可以是权贵 ,也可以是“贱民”。

Folk Orality in Performance and Social Memory in Activity

Non-textual oral performance has merits over written texts in terms of kinesics, expression, intonation, situation, etc., all "conspiring" to convey metaphors containing rich intuition. Special mnemonics are used in the narrator's performances, strengthening, re-presenting, and reconstructing local memories. Oral history relies on performance for inheritance and representation. The performance of oral history is a kind of three-dimensional social memorization. It has no gender bias; both men and women can perform and listen to it. Oral history rejects linguistic hegemony and can be performed in various languages with its audience coming from either the noblemen or the "untouchables".