Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Erich Köhler. "Der mündliche Charakter der Chanson de Geste." Romanistisches Jahrbuch, 8:246-50. Rpt. in Europäische Heldendichtung. Ed. Klaus von See. Wege der Forschung, Band 500. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1978. pp. 272-80.

A review article on Rychner 1955, explaining the latter's position in the context of other critical approaches and understanding the individual singer as one possible mode of composition for the chanson de geste.
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