Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Ruth H. Webber. "Un aspecto estilístico del CMC." Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 2:485-96.

A stylistic study of the function of names and attendant epithets in the Cid. Concentrates on references to the Cid, with some attention to secondary characters such as "el rey Alfonso." Argues that the use of names alone and in combination forms, often of two or more names and epithets, added to the variety of the minstrel's lines, especially in the second hemistich where they aided the manipulation of rhymes. Such formulas facilitated the poet's task of composition (seen as a process of selection) while contributing to the art of the poem.
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