Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Kamal Abu-Deeb. "Towards a Structural Analysis of Pre-Islamic Poetry." International Journal of Middle East Studies, 6:148-84.

Primarily a formalist investigation of poetic structure, with frequent reference to Lévi-Strauss, but the hypothesis of oral composition and tradition is considered throughout. Feels the poet is an individual craftsman not bound by tradition. Concluded in Abu-Deeb 1976.
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