Defining Greek Narrative
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Edinburgh Leventis Studies
ISBN-10
0748680101
ISBN-13
9780748680108
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 2014
Print length
392 Pages
Weight
710 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 16.30 x 2.70 cms
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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An examination of what is distinct, what is shared and what is universal in Greek narrative traditions of a wide range of ancient Greek literary genres.
The ''Classic'' narratology that has been widely applied to classical texts is aimed at a universal taxonomy for describing narratives. More recently, ''new narratologies'' have begun linking the formal characteristics of narrative to their historical and ideological contexts. This volume seeks such a rethinking for Greek literature. It has two closely related objectives: to define what is characteristically Greek in Greek narratives of different periods and genres, and to see how narrative techniques and concerns develop over time.
The 15 distinguished contributors explore questions such as: How is Homeric epic like and unlike Gilgamesh and the Hebrew Bible? What do Greek historians consistently fail to tell us, having learned from the tradition what to ignore? How does lyric modify narrative techniques from other genres?
The 15 distinguished contributors explore questions such as: How is Homeric epic like and unlike Gilgamesh and the Hebrew Bible? What do Greek historians consistently fail to tell us, having learned from the tradition what to ignore? How does lyric modify narrative techniques from other genres?
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