Immersion Identification And The Iliad

Author : Jonathan L. Ready
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192870971

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Immersion, Identification, and the Iliad by Jonathan L. Ready Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Immersion, Identification, and the Iliad explains why people care about this foundational epic poem and its characters. It represents the first book-length application to the Iliad of research in communications, literary studies, media studies, and psychology on how readers of a story or viewers of a play, movie, or television show find themselves immersed in the tale and identify with the characters. Immersed recipients get wrapped up in a narrative and the world it depicts and lose track to some degree of their real-world surroundings. Identification occurs when recipients interpret the storyworld from a character's perspective, feel emotions congruent with those of the character, and root for the character to succeed. This volume situates modern research on these experiences in relation to ancient criticism on how audiences react to narratives. It then offers close readings of select episodes and detailed analyses of recurring features to show how the Iliad immerses both ancient and modern recipients and encourages them to identify with its characters. Accessible to students and researchers, to those inside and outside of classical studies, this interdisciplinary project aligns research on the Iliad with contemporary approaches to storyworlds in a range of media. It thereby opens new frontiers in the study of ancient Greek literature and helps investigators of audience engagement from antiquity to the present contextualize and historicize their own work.

Author : George Kazantzidis,Dimos Spatharas
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783111345246

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Memory and Emotions in Antiquity by George Kazantzidis,Dimos Spatharas Pdf

The contributions of this volume discuss the interfaces between memory and emotions in ancient literature, social life, and philosophy. They explore the ways in which memories intersect with emotions in the epics of Homer and Virgil, the importance of memory for the emotions scripts employed by public speakers to enhance the persuasiveness of their arguments, and ‘cultural memory’ in Philostratus’ Heroicus. Contributions that focus on aspects of ancient societies and politics investigate memory and emotions in the Bacchic-Orphic gold leaves, the importance of memories on inscriptions commemorating private and public emotions, and the ways in which emotive memories enhanced the monumentalizing project of Herodes Atticus in Greece. The essays emphasizing philosophical approaches to memory and emotions discuss Aristotle’s biological treatises and Augustine’s deployment of nostalgia and autobiographical narrative in the wider frame of his didactic programme. Modern approaches to embodied cognition are also employed to shed light on how memories attached to our bodily experiences can enhance the interpretation of Roman literature.

Author : Chet A. Van Duzer,Chet Van Duzer
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Duality (Logic) in literature
ISBN : UOM:39015038122076

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Duality and Structure in the Iliad and Odyssey by Chet A. Van Duzer,Chet Van Duzer Pdf

Despite extensive studies on Homer's techniques of formulaic composition, thus far the importance of duality in the construction of the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" has gone unnoticed. This study demonstrates that duality pervades the epics, from dual magical devices that protect Homeric heroes, to the dual structures upon which the poems are built. By elucidating patterns in Homer's use of duality, the study develops new insights into the methods of Homeric composition, and powerful new tools for the interpretation of his work.

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Pendle Hill Publications
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Achilles (Greek mythology) in literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106006470311

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The Iliad by Simone Weil Pdf

Due to a lack of biographical evidence regarding the identity of Homer it has been suggested that the two great works attributed to him, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" may, in fact, be the work of multiple authors passed down through a long oral tradition. While scholarship on the subject will likely never definitely prove one way or the other, it is now generally accepted that these two great epic poems are the work of a single Greek author, Homer, who lived sometime during the 9th century BC. Set during a few weeks in the final year of the Trojan War, "The Iliad" is a classical epic poem concerning a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. While encompassing just a brief period of the Trojan War the poem relates events leading up to and following the few weeks that encompass the setting of the poem giving the reader a comprehensive perspective of the Trojan War. Part romanticized historical narrative, part mythological epic, the "Iliad" is widely recognized as one of the most important works from classical antiquity. Along with the "Odyssey", it would establish Homer as one the most influential authors to ever have lived. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, follows the prose translation of Samuel Butler, and includes an introduction by H. L. Havell.

Author : Michael Squire
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199602445

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The Iliad in a Nutshell by Michael Squire Pdf

A new, illustrated study of the Iliac tablets, a group of objects inscribed in miniature with epic episodes. Like the tablets themselves, Michael Squire tackles major themes through small ones, by relating their production to macroscopic problems of signification in Graeco-Roman antiquity.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721118284

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The Iliad by Homer Pdf

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. "The Iliad" is an epic poem by the ancient Greek poet Homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the Trojan War and the Greek siege of the city of Troy (which was also known as Ilion, Ilios or Ilium in ancient times). Written in the mid-8th Century BCE, "The Iliad" is usually considered to be the earliest work in the whole Western literary tradition, and one of the best known and loved stories of all time. Includes unique illustrations.

Author : Richard McIlwaine Frazer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015033143903

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A Reading of the Iliad by Richard McIlwaine Frazer Pdf

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Author : Charles Rowan Beye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Epic poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007493351

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The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Tradition by Charles Rowan Beye Pdf

Author : Homer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976190576

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The Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer Pdf

The Iliad; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature; the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. This is the Samuel Butler Translation. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1977948634

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The Iliad and the Odyssey by Anonim Pdf

Homer is the name ascribed by the ancient Greeks to the legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems which are the central works of ancient Greek literature. The Iliad is set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles lasting a few weeks during the last year of the war. The Odyssey focuses on the journey home of Odysseus, king of Ithaca, after the fall of Troy.Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. Modern scholars consider them legends. The Homeric Question-by whom, when, where and under what circumstances were the Iliad and Odyssey composed-continues to be debated. Broadly speaking, modern scholarly opinion falls into two groups. One holds that most of the Iliad and (according to some) the Odyssey are the works of a single poet of genius. The other considers the Homeric poems to be the result of a process of working and re-working by many contributors, and that "Homer" is best seen as a label for an entire tradition. It is generally accepted that the poems were composed at some point around the late 8th or early 7th century BC The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek, a literary language which shows a mixture of features of the Ionic and Aeolic dialects from different centuries; the predominant influence is Eastern Ionic. Most researchers believe that the poems were originally transmitted orally. From antiquity until the present day, the influence of the Homeric epics on Western civilization has been great, inspiring many of its most famous works of literature, music, art and film. The Homeric epics were the greatest influence on ancient Greek culture and education; to Plato, Homer was simply the one who "has taught Greece" - ten Hellada pepaideuken.

Author : Ho Mer
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798696861227

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The Iliad and the Odyssey (Annotated) by Ho Mer Pdf

The Iliad is an historical Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the course of the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the metropolis of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events throughout the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles

Author : Donna F. Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521032784

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Ransom, Revenge, and Heroic Identity in the Iliad by Donna F. Wilson Pdf

Wilson examines the nature of compensation--ransom and revenge--in the liad, offering a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles. She presents a detailed anthropology of compensation in Homer, located in the wider context of agonistic exchange, to demonstrate how the struggle over definitions is a central feature of elite competition for status in the zero-sum and fluid ranking system of Homeric society. The study thus asserts the integral role of compensation in the traditional, cultural and poetic matrix of this foundational epic.

Author : Homer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:614438181

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Iliad 1866-71 by Homer Pdf

Author : Martin Litchfield West
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : 0191808296

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The Making of the Iliad by Martin Litchfield West Pdf

'The Making of the Iliad' is intended for readers who have some knowledge of Greek and of Homer. After introductory chapters on the poet of the Iliad's date and homeland, and the poetic traditions known to him, Martin West provides a running commentary on the epic, distinguishing the different stages of the poet's workings.

Author : Jonathan L. Ready
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780192571946

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Orality, Textuality, and the Homeric Epics by Jonathan L. Ready Pdf

Written texts of the Iliad and the Odyssey achieved an unprecedented degree of standardization after 150 BCE, but what about Homeric texts prior to the emergence of standardized written texts? Orality, Textuality, and the Homeric Epics sheds light on that earlier history by drawing on scholarship from outside the discipline of classical studies to query from three different angles what it means to speak of Homeric poetry together with the word "text". Part I utilizes work in linguistic anthropology on oral texts and oral intertextuality to illuminate both the verbal and oratorical landscapes our Homeric poets fashion in their epics and what the poets were striving to do when they performed. Looking to folkloristics, part II examines modern instances of the textualization of an oral traditional work in order to reconstruct the creation of written versions of the Homeric poems through a process that began with a poet dictating to a scribe. Combining research into scribal activity in other cultures, especially in the fields of religious studies and medieval studies, with research into performance in the field of linguistic anthropology, part III investigates some of the earliest extant texts of the Homeric epics, the so-called wild papyri. By looking at oral texts, dictated texts, and wild texts, this volume traces the intricate history of Homeric texts from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, long before the emergence of standardized written texts, in a comparative and interdisciplinary study that will benefit researchers in a number of disciplines across the humanities.