Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Pierre Gallais. "Recherches sur la mentalité des romanciers français du moyen âge: Les Formules et le vocabulaire des prologues." Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 7:479-93.

Denies even the probability that the chansons de geste were written for oral performance by arguing that the density of repeated expressions is no gauge for determining that provenance. Finds the chansons de geste, hagiographies, and other related genres too close in formulaic density to permit judgment of differences in nature or intention.
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