Write a long note on the Oral-formulaic theory.

The oral-formulaic method is a formula of repetition used by oral epic singers to allow for more fluent composition and memorization.

Oral-Formulaic Theory, also referred to as ‘Parry-Lord Theory’, from the names of its two major – and first – proposers. Their approach to literature was a totally new one, and changed radically the questions literature scholars have asked themselves ever since. It was originally intended to be a contribution towards the solution of the age-old Homeric question: for centuries, Homeric scholars had been debating over the identity of Homer and the authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey, which now came to be better understood as rooted in traditional oral poetry, and hence excluding any modern-like one-man literary composition (at least ex novo). The concept of originality, thus, had to be fully redefined, for there can be no real originality without authorship. The term compiler, then, started being used referring to written texts, and the tradition conceived as the sum of the contributions of single exponents, or singer of tales – who were the ones who kept it alive and dynamic – took over the role of the author.

These conclusions move from a theoretical apparatus based on an analogy, namely that the _____ _____ _________ ______ ______ ______ _____ _____.
______ _________ _________ _____ _________ ____ ____ _____.
_________ _______ ________ _____ __________ ____ _________ _______ ___.
_________ __________ ______ __________ ___ ____.
_______ ____ ___ _____ _______ _________ ___ __________ ____ _______.
___ _________ ___ __________ __________ ______.
___ _______ _____ _________ __________ ______ ____ _________ ____.
____ ______ ____ _______ ______ __________ _____ __________ _______.
_________ ______ ____ _____ __________ _________ ____ ___ ______ _______ ___ __________.
________ ___ ______ _____ ______ ____ _______ _________ ________.
_____ ________ _________ __________ _______ ____ __________ ________ ___ ___ _________.
_____ ________ __________ __________ ___ ______ _______ _________ _______ ____ ____ ____.
______ _____ ________ ____ ____ __________.
__________ ______ _____ ______ _________ ____ _________ _________.
____ _______ _____ _________ _____ _______ _____.
__________ ___ _______ ___ _______ ________ _______ ____ _______ _____ ______.
___ ______ ________ _____ ___ ________ _______ ______ __________ __________.
______ ___ _________ _____ _____ _________.
____ _______ _______ _______ __________ _____ ______ __________ ____ ________ _______.
__________ _______ ___ _________ ___ ____ __________ ____ _________.
_________ _______ _______ __________ ____ _______ _________ ____.
_____ _______ ___ ______ _____.
_________ ________ _______ _____ _______ _______ ___.
__________ ___ _________ ___ ________ ________ ______.
_________ ______ ______ __________ ___ __________ ____ _______ ____ ______ _________.
_____ ____ _____ ______ ____.
__________ ______ ______ ______ __________ ___.
_____ ___ ___ ___ ________ _________ __________ ______ __________ _________.
______ _______ _____ ________ _________ _____ __________ _________ _______ _________.
_________ ___ __________ _________ ________ _______.
_______ ________ ________ ____ ___ _________ ___ ___ ________ ________ ____ _______.
___ ______ ______ _____ ____.
______ _________ __________ ___ ______ ______ ___ ___ _________ ___ ________.
______ __________ _______ ________ ____ _______ ________.
__________ _________ ________ _________ ___ ____ ___ _________.
__________ ___ ____ _________ __________ ___ _______ _________ _______ _________ _________ ____.
_______ ___ ______ __________ _____ _____ ______ ____.
_________ ________ ___ ______ _____.
____ ______ _____ _______ _______ _____ _____ ________.
________ ______ ___ ____ _____ _______ ________ ___ ______ _________ _______.
_________ _______ _______ ____ ____.
________ __________ _________ __________ ___ ____ __________ __________ ___ __________ ___.
______ ___ _____ _________ ___ _____ ______ _________ _____ _______ ___ ____.
___ ________ ___ ____ ______.
___ __________ ____ ___ __________.
________ ______ ______ _________ ___ _______ _________ _____ _____ _______ _______.
_______ _________ _______ ________ _______ ________ ____.
_____ _________ _________ ____ ____ ______ _____ _____ __________ ___ _______ ________.
_______ ______ _______ ___ ________.
_____ ________ _________ ____ __________ __________ _________ _____ ______ ______.
_______ __________ _________ _________ _______ ______ __________ _________ _________ _______ ____.
___ _______ __________ ___ _____ _____ _____ ________.
________ ___ ______ _____ ________ _______ __________ ____.
______ _______ ________ _____ _______.
______ _______ _________ __________ _________ _____ _______ ____ ________ __________ _____ _____.
_________ ____ ___ __________ _______ ____ ________ _______ ___ __________.
______ ____ ____ __________ ________ _______ ____ _______ ________ ___ _______.
_________ ______ __________ ________ _______ _________ _____ __________ _____ _______.
___ _____ ______ ________ _________ ____ _________ __________.
___ ____ ____ ________ ___ _____ __________ _______ ___ ________ __________ ______.
_____ ___ _______ _______ ________ __________ _________ _________ __________ ________ _______.
______ _____ _______ __________ __________ __________ ________ _____ _____ _____.
__________ ____ _____ ______ ____ ___ ________ ____.
_____ _________ __________ ____ ______ ____ _____ ______ ________.
____ _____ _________ _________ _____ ______.
_____ ___ _______ __________ ___ ______ ____ ____ __________ ___ ________ ____.
_________ _______ ____ _______ _______ _____ ________ _________ ___ _____ ___ _____.
__________ ___ ___ ____ ____ ________ ________ ___.
_________ _____ __________ ___ ____ _____ ________ ___ __________.
________ _____ __________ ______ ___ ____ ________ __________ _____ ______.
__________ _______ _________ _______ ________ ______ ______ _______ ____ _______.
____ ______ ____ _________ ______ _____.
______ _____ _________ _____ _________ ___ __________ ________.
_______ _______ _________ _____ ______.
_________ ______ ________ ________ ___ _____ _______ ______ ________.
__________ __________ __________ ________ _________ __________ ______.
____ _______ ____ _____ _________ ____ ____ _______ ______ __________.
___ _________ _______ ___ ___ ________ ______ ________ _____ __________ ___ _________.
__________ _____ _________ _________ ________.
______ ________ ________ ___ ________ ___ ________ __________ ____.
__________ _______ _____ ______ ___ _____ ___ ______.
_________ ______ _______ _________ _______.
________ __________ ________ _________ _____ ____ ______ ____ __________.
_______ ______ _________ ______ ______ ________ ________ ______ _________ _____ _______ ________.
______ ___ ________ ____ ___ _________ ________.
________ ________ ________ _________ ________ _________ __________ ____ ______ ___ _______ _____.
_______ _______ _________ _____ __________ _______ _________ _________ __________ ___ ___ __________.
_________ ________ __________ _______ _____ _________ ______ _________ ____.
_________ ____ __________ ______ _________ ___ _________ ____ ______ ___ ____.
______ ________ ____ _______ ______.
______ _____ ______ _________ _________ _________ ___ ____ ___ ____.
______ _____ _______ ________ ____ __________ _____ ________.
__________ ________ __________ ___.
Get Full Answer on WhatsApp