Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Johannes T. Kakridis. Homeric Researches. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerup.

A good example of Neoanalysis. Uses "poetic contradictions" to search out the sources and models behind Homer and to study the poet's art in combining his own genius and the inherited tradition. Resists the Parry-Lord hypothesis by maintaining that Homer often avoids repetition and that this avoidance is proof of his originality.
Area: AG