Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Garry Trompf. "Oral Sources and the Study of Religious History in Papua New Guinea." In Oral Tradition in Melanesia. Ed. by Donald Denoon. Port Moresby, New Guinea: University of Papua, New Guinea and Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. pp. 151-74.

Addresses the issue of the effects of doctrines taught by literate missionaries on the perception of religious ideas from the period before Christianity in Papua and suggests methodologies for the accurate recovery of such ideas in current fieldwork.
Area: ML