| Traditional Oral Epic |
| Preface |
 | One Traditional Oral Poetics |
| Two Comparability of the Documents |
| Three Comparative Prosody |
| Four Traditional Phraseology in the Odyssey |
| Five Traditional Phraseology in the Serbo-Croatian Return Song |
| Six Traditional Phraseology in Beowulf and Old English Poetry |
| Seven Thematic Structure in the Odyssey |
| Eight Thematic Structure in the Serbo-Croatian Return Song |
 | Nine Thematic Structure in Beowulf and Old English Poetry |
| Prior Research |
| • | Current Issues |
| • | The Tradition-Dependent Nature of Old English Themes |
| Two Example Themss |
| • | The Relationship Between Phraseology and Narrative Structure |
| Ten Story-Pattern in the Serbo-Croatian Return Song |
| Eleven Conclusion |
| Appendix |
| References |
| Index |