Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Alan D. Deyermond. "La Decadencia de la epopeya española: `Las Mocedades de Rodrigo'." Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 1:607-17.

Argues against the neotraditionalist hyp othesis of the juglar's oral composition and in favor of a learned cleric as the author of the Mocedades. Recommends a general reconsideration of the juglar theory of the origin of Spanish epic, including the Cid.
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