Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Marcello Durante. Sulla preistoria della tradizione poetica greca. Parte seconda: Risultanze della comparazione indoeuropea. Incunabula Graeca, vol. 64. Rome: Edizioni dell'Ateneo.

Basically a comparison of AG an d Vedic Sanskrit usage and style to consider the nature of a common Indo-European precursor, this study assumes throughout an oral tradition as the medium for textual transmission. Recommends softening Parry's original hypotheses to allow for the evoluti on of diction and for individual poetic execution (e.g., pp. 90-104, including an OE/ON formula as comparison).
Area: AG, SK, CP