Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory

Towards a Critical Dialogue

AvJonas Grethlein

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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The taxonomies of narratology have proven valuable tools for the analysis of ancient literature, but, since they were mostly forged in the analysis of modern novels, they have also occluded the distinct quality of ancient narrative and its understanding in antiquity. Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory paves the way for a new approach to ancient narrative that investigates its specific logic. Jonas Grethlein's sophisticated discussion of a wide range of literary texts in conjunction with works of criticism sheds new light on such central issues as fictionality, voice, Theory of Mind and narrative motivation. The book provides classicists with an introduction to ancient views of narrative but is also a major contribution to a historically sensitive theory of narrative.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-11
Mått:152 x 228 x 12 mm
Vikt:320 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009339575

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Jonas Grethlein is Professor of Greek at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and a member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. His most recent books include Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity (Cambridge, 2017) and The Ancient Aesthetics of Deception (Cambridge, 2021).

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'[An] original and significant monograph whose combination of theoretically sophisticated examinations of key concepts of narratology with innovative and persuasive close readings of texts from Homer to Heliodorus attest to its potential to cut across disciplinary boundaries and to attract not only classicists but also scholars in comparative literature, in medieval and modern languages, and in performance and media studies departments.' Nebojša Todorović, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Innehållsförteckning

1. Narratology and classics; 2. Word and world: fiction(ality); 3. Voice(s): author/ narrator/ character; 4. Minds; 5. Motivation; 6. Ancient texts and postmodern challenges.