Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Lemuel A. Johnson. "Response" [to Aspel 1976]. In Oral Literature and the Formula. Ed. Benjamin A. Stolz and Richard S. Shannon. Ann Arbor: Center for the Coordination of Ancient and Modern Studies, University of Michigan. pp. 203-4.

Questions the extent of Arabic influence on Aspel's examples of Fulani formulas. Also queries her portrait of the poet, based on formulaic and ethnographic description.
Area: AR, FU, CP