American Minimalism: The Western Vernacular in Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song. by Andrew Wilson

“…The article positions The Executioner’s Song alongside earlier minimalist styles in American Literature and takes stock of Mailer’s use of oral storytelling techniques and panoramic perspectives. …”
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“Having to Think in Inverted Commas”: Feminine Discourse and Foreign Words in Sarah Grand’s The Beth Book (1897) by Nathalie Saudo-Welby

“…Beth owes her talent for public speaking to her childhood days in Victorian Ireland, where she was sensitized to oral storytelling and to the politics of language. Beth feels estranged from her mother tongue, the language of the patriarchal canon, the hypercorrect English which is taught to young ladies. …”
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At the Meetin’ Tree: Reading, Storytelling, and Transculturation in Daniel Black’s They Tell Me of a Home by Pekka Kilpeläinen

“…This is articulated in the novel at the aesthetic level as the tension between the oral storytelling tradition of the black community and the literary expression favored by T.L. …”
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Portrayal of Tradition and Culture in the Novel the Moon also Sets by Osi Ogbu. by Tusiimeruhanga, Brendah

“…Osi Ogbu, a distinguished Nigerian writer, has profoundly contributed to the literary landscape by drawing from the rich oral storytelling traditions of his homeland. His works especially The Moon Also Sets reflected the social and political upheavals of postcolonial Nigeria portraying the nation's struggle with the legacies of colonialism and the challenges of modernization. …”
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