Generic Interfaces in Latin Literature: Encounters, Interactions and Transformations - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 311030368X ISBN 13 : 9783110303681

Editeur : De Gruyter, 2013

Synopsis

Neither older empiricist positions that genre is an abstract concept, useless for the study of individual works of literature, nor the recent (post) modern reluctance to subject literary production to any kind of classification seem to have stilled the discussion on the various aspects of genre in classical literature. Having moved from more or less essentialist and/or prescriptive positions towards a more dynamic conception of the generic model, research on genre is currently considering "pushing beyond the boundaries", "impurity", "instability", "enrichment" and "genre-bending". The aim of this volume is to raise questions of such generic mobility in Latin literature. The papers explore ways in which works assigned to a particular generic area play host to formal and substantive elements associated with different or even opposing genres; assess literary works which seem to challenge perceived generic norms; highlight, along the literary-historical, the ideological and political backgrounds to "dislocations" of the generic map.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Theodore D. Papanghelis, Stavros Frangoulidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; S.J. Harrison, Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Neither older empiricist positions that genre is an abstract concept, useless for the study of individual works of literature, nor the recent (post) modern reluctance to subject literary production to any kind of classification seem to have stilled the discussion on the various aspects of genre in classical literature. Having moved from more or less essentialist and/or prescriptive positions towards a more dynamic conception of the generic model, research on genre is currently considering "pushing beyond the boundaries", "impurity", "instability", "enrichment" and "genre-bending". The aim of this volume is to raise questions of such generic mobility in Latin literature. The papers explore ways in which works assigned to a particular generic area play host to formal and substantive elements associated with different or even opposing genres; assess literary works which seem to challenge perceived generic norms; highlight, along the literary-historical, the ideological and political backgrounds to "dislocations" of the generic map.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: De Gruyter
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 311030368X
• ISBN 13: 9783110303681
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 478
• Éditeur: Papanghelis Theodore D., Harrison Stephen J., Frangoulidis Stavros
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