Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Riccardo Di Donato. "Problemi di tecnica formulare e poesia orale nell'epica greca arcaica." Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore de Pisa, 38:243-94.

A thorough hi storical and critical survey of Parry-Lord theory, with sections on Parry's ideas on formulaic style, problems and methods of formulaic analysis, comparative studies in Homeric and SC epic, memory and chronology, the Odyssean bards (Demodokos and Phemios) , songs within the Odyssey, Homeric psychology and the oral epic, and an extended section with documentation on formulaic technique and the narration of the loves of Ares and Aphrodite. The first lengthy, complete analysis of Parry-Lord theory in Italian .
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