Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Ramón Menéndez Pidal. Los Romances de América: y otros Estudios. Buenos Aires: Espasa-Calpe.

A collection of five essays, one on language and the other four on the romancero. The title essay studies traditional romances in America, establishing their existence and relation to the native Spanish tradition. Another defines "poesía tradicional" and "poesía popular" in terms suggestive of elements of modern oralist theory. Another argues against R. Foulché-Delbosc's Essai sur les origines du Romancero (Paris, 1912) and in favor of the greater age and diversity as well as oral character and continuity of the romance.
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