No. XXVII (1996)
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The Function and Significance of Formula in Serbian Decasyllabic Epic Poetry

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  • Mirjana Detelić
Mirjana Detelić
Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Published 01.12.1996

Keywords

  • epic formula,
  • Serbian epic poetry,
  • decasyllabic poetry,
  • poetry criticism,
  • defining epic formulae

How to Cite

Detelić, M. (1996). The Function and Significance of Formula in Serbian Decasyllabic Epic Poetry. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XXVII), 217–249. Retrieved from https://balcanica.rs/index.php/journal/article/view/699

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Abstract

The subject of this paper is application range of Parry-Lord's definition of epic formula within the Serbian decasyllabic epic poetry criticism. Advocating the thesis that 'Homeric question' is not the most desirable research context for epic poetry in short meter (decasyllabic) and only by exception longer than 1000 verses, the author offers eight elementary prepositions as a start point for discussion on possibilities and problems connected with definition of epic formula in general.
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