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Meanings of folk literature in English

Russian
устное народное творчество
Portuguese
literatura oral
Catalan
literatura oral
Spanish
literatura oral

Literary genre.

        Related terms
        устное народное творчество
        Usage of folk literature in English
        1
        Hence the Italian nation was always too learned, too literary to develop a folk literature.
        Song and Legend from the Middle Ages
        2
        At that time much of the folk literature of that continent was not as now available.
        The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916
        3
        The narratives belong also to folk literature.
        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
        4
        Only through the folk literature, however, can we get a glimpse of the working of the mind of the African Negro.
        The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916
        This collocation consists of:
        Translations for folk literature
        Portuguese
        literatura oral