Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Madeleine Tyssens. "Le Jongleur et l'écrit." In Mélanges offerts à René Crozet à l'occasion de son soixante-dixième anniversaire, vol 1. Ed. Pierre Gallais and Yves-Jean Riou. Poitiers: Société d'Etudes Médiévales. pp. 685-95.

Examines textual descriptions of a reciter using a written text and considers the relationship of these citations to possible memorization. Mentions that formulaic phraseology is further evidence for oral composition and distinguishes this kind of composition from later rhapsodic recitation.
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