Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Svetozar Mati. Nas narodni ep i nas stih: Ogledi i studije. Novi Sad: Matica Srpska.

A collection of the author's reprinted essays under four headings: (1) "Critical Contributions on the Vuk Texts," (2) "Epic Singing in Srem," (3) "Contributions on the Style of the Epic Song," and (4) "Essays on the History of Our Epic." The subjects of the papers vary a great deal, from an examination of Kosovo songs in the Vojvodina to a study of Vuk's Pjesnica. Of particular interest are his comments on models and narrative commonplaces in epic poetry (pp. 181-88). An example of native scholarship on the SC oral tradition.
Area: SC