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• Oral-Formulaic Theory in Anglo-Saxon Poetry — refers to the applicaiton of the hypotheses of Milman Parry and Albert Lord on the Homeric Question to verse written in Old English. That is, the theory proposes that certain features of at least some of the poetry may be explained by positing… …   Wikipedia

• Oral-formulaic theory in Anglo-Saxon poetry — refers to the application of the hypotheses of Milman Parry and Albert Lord on the Homeric Question to verse written in Old English. That is, the theory proposes that certain features of at least some of the poetry may be explained by positing… …   Wikipedia

• Oral-formulaic composition — The theory of oral formulaic composition originated in the scholarly study of epic poetry, being developed in the second quarter of the twentieth century. It seeks to explain two related issues: the mechanism whereby some oral poets are able to… …   Wikipedia

• Oral-Formulaic Composition — The theory of Oral Formulaic Composition is the mechanism proposed for how the Homeric epics could have been passed down through many generations purely through word of mouth. While most modern scholars believe that the Iliad and Odyssey were… …   Wikipedia

• Hebbian theory — describes a basic mechanism for synaptic plasticity wherein an increase in synaptic efficacy arises from the presynaptic cell s repeated and persistent stimulation of the postsynaptic cell. Introduced by Donald Hebb in 1949, it is also called… …   Wikipedia

• Grounded theory — (GT) is a systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the generation of theory from data.[1] It is mainly used in qualitative research, but is also applicable to quantitative data.[2] Grounded theory is a research method, which… …   Wikipedia

• Formalist theory in composition studies — Formalism is the study of a text without taking into account any outside influence. Formalism rejects notions of culture or societal influence, authorship, and content, and instead focuses on modes, genres, discourse, and forms. Beginnings… …   Wikipedia

• Oral tradition — A Kyrgyz manaschi See also: Oral tradition and the historical Jesus Oral tradition and oral lore is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another.[1] …   Wikipedia

• Beowulf — This article is about the epic poem. For the character, see Beowulf (hero). For other uses, see Beowulf (disambiguation). Beowulf first page of Beowulf in Cotton Vitellius A. xv …   Wikipedia

• Old English literature — This article is part of a series on: Old English Dialects …   Wikipedia

• The Singer of Tales — is a book by Albert Lord that discusses the oral tradition as a theory of literary composition and its applications to Homeric and medieval epic. It was published in 1960.ummaryThe book is divided into two parts. In the first, the author… …   Wikipedia