Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Milos N. Djuri. "Veze Homerove poezije s nasom narodnom i umetnikom poezijom." Zbornik radova, Srpska Akademija Nauka (Belgrade), 10. = Zbornik radova, Institut za prouavanje knjizevnosti. Srpska Akademija Nauka, Belgrade, 1 (1951):165-214; résumé in French, 214-16.

Lists and exemplifies 18 similarities between Homeric epic and the folk and literary narrative songs of the Serbs. Most interesting for oral-formulaic theory are (1) the use of epithets, (2 ) employment of formulas for the same situations and events (although he claims the phraseology is designed to stimulate the audience's attention), (3) typical numbers, and (4) formulas indicating the time of day.
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