Albert Lord

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Albert Lord was an American scholar of oral tradition best known for his influential work on the composition and transmission of epic poetry, particularly in relation to Homeric epics.

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instanceOf American scholar
human
scholar
areaOfActivity Balkan studies
Homeric scholarship
collaboratedWith Milman Parry NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Harvard University
fieldOfWork Homeric studies
classical studies
comparative literature
epic poetry
oral tradition
genre folklore studies
literary criticism
hasAcademicDiscipline classics
folklore
influenced Homeric scholarship
folkloristics
oral tradition studies
performance studies
influencedBy Milman Parry NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor research on Homeric epics
study of composition and transmission of epic poetry
notableWork The Singer of Tales NERFINISHED
occupation folklorist
literary scholar
professor
positionHeld Professor at Harvard University
researchFocus oral composition of epic poetry
performance of epic singers
transmission of oral narratives
studied Homeric epics NERFINISHED
Iliad NERFINISHED
Odyssey NERFINISHED
South Slavic oral epic tradition
oral-formulaic composition
theoryDeveloped oral-formulaic theory of epic composition

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Homeric question studiedBy Albert Lord