Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

J.A. Davison. "Die homerischen Gedichte und die vergleichende Literaturforschung des Abendlandes." Gymnasium, 61:28-36.

A history of the Parry-Lord oral theory, from the earliest precursive studies of Russian, Bulgarian, and Turkish folk poetry through an account of Parry's research and scholarship, with emphasis on Bowra's writi ngs. Suggests that the Homeric poems were performed by teams of rhapsodes and advises a carefully calibrated comparison of Homer and comparative oral epic.
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