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Question : 11
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Highlight any three circumstances that led to the intermingling of the hearing culture and the reading culture.
OR
How did the historical novels in India try to create a sense of Pan-Indian belonging?**
OR
How did the historical novels in India try to create a sense of Pan-Indian belonging?**
Solution:
Circumstances that led to the intermingling of the hearing culture and the reading culture :
(i) With the printing press, a new reading public emerged. Printing reduced the cost of books. Access to books created a new culture of reading. Earlier reading was restricted to the elite.
(ii) Common people lived in a world of oral culture. They heard sacred texts read out, ballads recited and folk tales narrated. Knowledge was transferred orally.
(iii) Printers began publishing popular ballads and folk tales, illustrated with pictures. These were sung and recited at gatherings. Oral culture thus entered print and printed material was orally transmitted.
(i) With the printing press, a new reading public emerged. Printing reduced the cost of books. Access to books created a new culture of reading. Earlier reading was restricted to the elite.
(ii) Common people lived in a world of oral culture. They heard sacred texts read out, ballads recited and folk tales narrated. Knowledge was transferred orally.
(iii) Printers began publishing popular ballads and folk tales, illustrated with pictures. These were sung and recited at gatherings. Oral culture thus entered print and printed material was orally transmitted.
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