Defining Greek Narrative - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748680101 ISBN 13 : 9780748680108

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book examines what is distinct, what is shared and what is universal in Greek narrative tradition. This is 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 attempts 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?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Douglas Cairns is Professor of Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Ruth Scodel is D. R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748680101
• ISBN 13: 9780748680108
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Éditeur: Cairns Douglas, Scodel Ruth
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible