Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

C.A. Robson. "The Technique of Symmetrical Composition in Medieval Narrative Poetry." In Studies in Medieval French Presented to Alfred Ewert in Honour of his Seventieth Birthday. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 26-75.

Proceeding from Rychner's (1955) observations on mnemonic and structural features in OF epic texts, he proposes a numerical system underlying the texts of various ME, OF, and MHG poems. Assumes a careful written reworking of oral tales.
Area: OF, ME, MHG, CP