A Narratological Commentary On The Odyssey

Author : Irene J. F. de Jong
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521464781

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A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey by Irene J. F. de Jong Pdf

Comprehensive commentaries on the Homeric texts abound, but this commentary concentrates on one major aspect of the Odyssey--its narrative art. The role of narrator and narratees, methods of characterization and scenery description, and the development of the plot are discussed. The study aims to enhance our understanding of this masterpiece of European literature. All Greek references are translated and technical terms are explained in a glossary. It is directed at students and scholars of Greek literature and comparative literature.

Author : Gibson,Chris(tina) Shuttleworth Kraus
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047400943

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The Classical Commentary by Gibson,Chris(tina) Shuttleworth Kraus Pdf

This collection explores the issues raised by the writing and reading of commentaries on classical Greek and Latin texts. Written primarily by practising commentators, the papers examine philosophical, narratological, and historiographical commentaries; ancient, Byzantine, and Renaissance commentary practice and theory, with special emphasis on Galen, Tzetzes, and La Cerda; the relationship between the author of the primary text, the commentary writer, and the reader; special problems posed by fragmentary and spurious texts; the role and scope of citation, selectivity, lemmatization, and revision; the practical future of commentary-writing and publication; and the way computers are changing the shape of the classical commentary. With a genesis in discussion panels mounted in the UK in 1996 and the US in 1997, the volume continues recent international dialogue on the genre and future of commentaries.

Author : Elisabeth Schedel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004522671

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Ambiguities of War: A Narratological Commentary on Silius Italicus’ Battle of Ticinus (Sil. 4.1-479) by Elisabeth Schedel Pdf

The book lays bare the narrative form of Silius’ text. It focuses on the phenomenon of ambiguity due to the epic’s constant oscillation between fact and fiction, highlighting Roman triumph in defeat and defeat through triumph.

Author : Kostas Myrsiades
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781684481323

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Reading Homer’s Odyssey by Kostas Myrsiades Pdf

Finalist for the 2020 PROSE Awards, Classics section Homer’s Odyssey is the first great travel narrative in Western culture. A compelling tale about the consequences of war, and about redemption, transformation, and the search for home, the Odyssey continues to be studied in universities and schools, and to be read and referred to by ordinary readers. Reading Homer’s Odyssey offers a book-by-book commentary on the epic’s themes that informs the non-specialist and engages the seasoned reader in new perspectives. Among the themes discussed are hospitality, survival, wealth, reputation and immortality, the Olympian gods, self-reliance and community, civility, behavior, etiquette and technology, ease, inactivity and stagnation, Penelope’s relationship with Odysseus, Telemachus’ journey, Odysseus’ rejection of Calypso’s offer of immortality, Odysseus’ lies, Homer’s use of the House of Atreus and other myths, the cinematic qualities of the epic’s structure, women’s role in the epic, and the Odyssey’s true ending. Footnotes clarify and elaborate upon myths that Homer leaves unfinished, explain terms and phrases, and provide background information. The volume concludes with a general bibliography of work on the Odyssey, in addition to the bibliographies that accompany each book’s commentary. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Author : Luo Jun
Publisher : Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA
Page : 1368 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781649971548

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Towards Poetic Narratology: A New Visit to Narrative Studies and Poetic Studies by Luo Jun Pdf

For a very long time, I have been preoccupied with the exploration of the academic blind spots that have cropped up in the organic combination of poetic studies and narrative studies that is inclined to give a lot of perceptive and cognitive inspiration to the systematic and strategic con-struction of the theoretical frameworks and theoretical systems of poetic narratology to provide more perceptive and cognitive convenience for the vast majority of readers and scholars to give a much more profound and perspicacious interpretation and illustration of the ideological and epistemological values implied in the diverse and distinctive narration of most poetic narrative texts in an unnoticeable fashion and in an untraceable fashion.

Author : Scott Douglas Richardson
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press (TN)
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015018889769

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The Homeric Narrator by Scott Douglas Richardson Pdf

Author : Barbara Clayton
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0739107232

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A Penelopean Poetics by Barbara Clayton Pdf

A Penelopean Poetics looks at the relationship between gender ideology and the self-referential poetics fo the Odyssey through the figure of Penelope. Her poetics become a discursive thread through which different feminine voices can realize their resistant capacities. Author, Barbara Clayton, informs discussions in the classics, gender studies, and literary criticism.

Author : I.J.F. de Jong
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004222571

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Space in Ancient Greek Literature by I.J.F. de Jong Pdf

The third volume of the Studies in Ancient Greek narrative deals with the narratological category of space: how is space, including objects which function as 'props', presented in narrative texts and what are its functions (thematic, symbolic, psychologising, or characterising).

Author : Irene J. F. de Jong
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199688692

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Narratology and Classics by Irene J. F. de Jong Pdf

Narratology and the Classics is the first introduction to narratology that deals with classical narrative in epic, historiography, biography, the ancient novel, but also the many narratives inserted in drama or lyric.

Author : Stephen V. Tracy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1990-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0691014949

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The Story of the Odyssey by Stephen V. Tracy Pdf

Here Stephen Tracy offers a vivid, fast-paced narrative that serves as a reading guide to Homer's monumental epic. He not only provides translations of key passages and traces the evolution of major themes in the Odyssey, but also helps new readers to understand the artistry of one of the best tales ever told. Aimed at advanced readers as well, this book stresses an appreciation of how Homer has ordered his narrative, covering such topics as character interaction, family relationships, elements of poetic language, and the symbolic treatment of death, rebirth, growth, and knowledge. Given the controversy over the way the Odyssey was composed and handed down, Tracy concentrates on presenting the poem as a highly unified work. His analysis of the narrative structure reveals the epic to be arranged as a series of parallel journeys. The journey, seen here as a symbol of growth and self-knowledge, is among the major themes discussed in detail, along with the importance of women as overseers of life's journeys and the need for the sons of heroes to grow up worthy of their fathers.

Author : Maureen Alden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780192524287

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Para-Narratives in the Odyssey by Maureen Alden Pdf

Readers coming to the Odyssey for the first time are often dazzled and bewildered by the wealth of material it contains which is seemingly unrelated to the central story: the main plot of Odysseus' return to Ithaca is complicated by myriad secondary narratives related by the poet and his characters, including Odysseus' own fantastic tales of Lotus Eaters, Sirens, and cannibal giants. Although these 'para-narratives' are a source of pleasure and entertainment in their own right, each also has a special relevance to its immediate context, elucidating Odysseus' predicament and also subtly influencing and guiding the audience's reception of the main story. By exploring variations on the basic story-shape, drawing on familiar tales, anecdotes, and mythology, or inserting analogous situations, they create illuminating parallels to the main narrative and prompt specific responses in readers or listeners. This is the case even when details are suppressed or altered, as the audience may still experience the reverberations of the better-known version of the tradition, and it also applies to the characters themselves, who are often provided with a model of action for imitation or avoidance in their immediate contexts.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020013478

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Homer's Odyssey by Anonymous Pdf

This commentary on the ninth book of the Odyssey provides insight into the narrative style, themes, and symbolism of Homer's epic poem. Although the author of the commentary is unknown, their analysis offers a rich and nuanced interpretation of one of the most important literary works of Western civilization. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of classical literature, as well as anyone interested in the enduring legacy of epic storytelling. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Birgit Breidenbach,Thomas Docherty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429535116

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Mood by Birgit Breidenbach,Thomas Docherty Pdf

Mood is a phenomenon whose study is inherently interdisciplinary. While it has remained resistant to theorisation, it nonetheless has a substantial influence on art, politics and society. Since its practical omnipresence in every-day life renders it one of the most significant aspects of affect studies, it has garnered an increasing amount of critical attention in a number of disciplines across the humanities, sciences and social sciences in the past two decades. Mood: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, New Theories provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical exploration of the phenomenon of mood from an interdisciplinary angle. Building on cutting-edge research in this emerging field and bringing together established and new voices, it bridges the existing disciplinary gap in the study of mood and further consolidates this phenomenon as a crucial concept in disciplinary and interdisciplinary study. By combining perspectives and concepts from the literary studies, philosophy, musicology, the social sciences, artistic practice and psychology, the volume does the complexity and richness of mood-related phenomena justice and benefits from the latent connections and synergies in different disciplinary approaches to the study of mood.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520966871

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The Odyssey by Homer Pdf

The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers and students to experience The Odyssey in all its glory. Green’s version, with its lyrical mastery and superb command of Greek, offers readers the opportunity to enjoy Homer’s epic tale of survival, temptation, betrayal, and vengeance with all of the verve and pathos of the original oral tradition.

Author : Lillian Eileen Doherty
Publisher : Oxford Readings in Classical S
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199233328

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Homer's Odyssey by Lillian Eileen Doherty Pdf

This volume assembles sixteen authoritative articles on Homer's Odyssey that have appeared over the last thirty years. A wide variety of interpretative strategies are represented, including, in addition to traditional close readings, the approaches of comparative anthropology, narratology, feminism, and audience-oriented criticism. Papers have been selected for their clarity and accessibility, and each is informed by close attention to philological and textual detail. A full glossary and list of abbreviations have been included, and a specially written introduction puts the selections in a wider context by giving an overview of major strands in the interpretation of Homer in the second half of the twentieth century.