Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Ruth H. Webber. "Prolegomena to the Study of the Narrative Structure of the Hispanic Ballad." In Ballads and Ballad Research (Selected Papers of the International Conference on Nordic and Anglo-American Ballad Research, University of Washington, Seattle, May 2-6, 1977). Ed. Patricia Conroy. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 221-30.

Examines the narrative structures of three romances (Gerineldo, La boda estorbada, and the ballad of the Cid and the Moorish king Búcar) in Hispanic balladry to determine how and at what levels ballad stories can be analyzed. Calls for a separate ballad morphology for each oral tradition before a comparative treatment can be developed.
Area: HI, FB