Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Franklin M. Waltman. "Formulaic Expression and Unity of Authorship in the Poema de Mio Cid." Hispania, 56:569-78.

Through a complete analysis of formulaic expressions in the poem, he finds an overall consistency of formulaic diction, with no significant distinctions between the two or three main sections (often accredited to different authors). The cumulative evidence points to a single literary poet working with materials inherited from a prior oral tradition. Presents formulaic data for two sample 20-line passages.
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