Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Edmund V. de Chasca. "Composición escrita y oral en el Poema del Cid." Filologia, 12:77-94. Rpt. in de Chasca 1967/1972 (rpt.), pp. 320-36.

Considers the arguments for the oral or written composition of the Cid, with special attention to the theories of Menendez Pidal and Lord. Includes a statistical analysis of formulas and formulaic language in the poem, concluding that it was composed orally and suggesting the improbability of monastic influence on that compositional process.
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