Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Alster, Bendt. Dumuzi's Dream: Aspects of Oral Poetry in a Sumerian Myth. Copenhagen Studies in Assyriology, vol. 1. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag.

A reconstruction of the Sumerian poem from fragments, with particular attention to oral traditional structure. He includes a formulaic analysis of the first 18 lines with commentary (pp. 15-27) as well as a description of thematic patterns (pp. 33-44), the latter in connection with the narrative inconsistencies characteristic of orally composed poetry.
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