Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Patricia Arant. "Aspects of Oral Style: Russian Traditional Oral Lament." In Oral Tradition. Ed by John Miles Foley. Special issue of Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 15, i:42-51.

Analyzes 11 oral lament texts by Irina Andreevna Fedosova to illustrate formulaic and line-to-line patterns typical of oral tradition.
Area: RU