Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative
Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

Author: Alex C. Purves

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1139487981

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In this wide-ranging survey of ancient Greek narrative from archaic epic to classical prose, Alex Purves shows how stories unfold in space as well as in time. She traces a shift in authorial perspective, from a godlike overview to the more focused outlook of human beings caught up in a developing plot, inspired by advances in cartography, travel, and geometry. Her analysis of the temporal and spatial dimensions of ancient narrative leads to new interpretations of important texts by Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon, among others, showing previously unnoticed connections between epic and prose. Drawing on the methods of classical philology, narrative theory, and cultural geography, Purves recovers a poetics of spatial representation that lies at the core of the Greeks' conception of their plots.

Time in Ancient Greek Literature
Time in Ancient Greek Literature

Author: Irene J.F. de Jong

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-08-21

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9047422937

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This is the second volume of a new narratological history of Ancient Greek lietrature, which deals with aspects of time: the order in which events are narrated, the amount of time devoted to the naration, and the number of times they are presented.

Space in Ancient Greek Literature
Space in Ancient Greek Literature

Author: I.J.F. de Jong

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 900422257X

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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).

Defining Greek Narrative
Defining Greek Narrative

Author: Douglas Cairns

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2014-03-24

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 074868011X

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An examination of what is distinct, what is shared and what is universal in Greek narrative traditions of a wide range of ancient Greek literary genres.

Homer's Trojan Theater
Homer's Trojan Theater

Author: Jenny Strauss Clay

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-02-10

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1139494651

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Moving away from the verbal and thematic repetitions that have dominated Homeric studies and exploiting the insights of cognitive psychology, this highly innovative and accessible study focuses on the visual poetics of the Iliad as the narrative is envisioned by the poet and rendered visible. It does so through a close analysis of the often-neglected 'Battle Books'. They here emerge as a coherently visualized narrative sequence rather than as a random series of combats, and this approach reveals, for instance, the significance of Sarpedon's attack on the Achaean Wall and Patroclus' path to destruction. In addition, Professor Strauss Clay suggests new ways of approaching ancient narratives: not only with one's ear, but also with one's eyes. She further argues that the loci system of mnemonics, usually attributed to Simonides, is already fully exploited by the Iliad poet to keep track of his cast of characters and to organize his narrative.

Space, Time and Language in Plutarch
Space, Time and Language in Plutarch

Author: Aristoula Georgiadou

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 3110539470

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'Space and time' have been key concepts of investigation in the humanities in recent years. In the field of Classics in particular, they have led to the fresh appraisal of genres such as epic, historiography, the novel and biography, by enabling a close focus on how ancient texts invest their representations of space and time with a variety of symbolic and cultural meanings. This collection of essays by a team of international scholars seeks to make a contribution to this rich interdisciplinary field, by exploring how space and time are perceived, linguistically codified and portrayed in the biographical and philosophical work of Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd centuries CE). The volume’s aim is to show how philological approaches, in conjunction with socio-cultural readings, can shed light on Plutarch’s spatial terminology and clarify his conceptions of time, especially in terms of the ways in which he situates himself in his era’s fascination with the past. The volume’s intended readership includes Classicists, intellectual and cultural historians and scholars whose field of expertise embraces theoretical study of space and time, along with the linguistic strategies used to portray them in literary or historical texts.

Narratology and Interpretation
Narratology and Interpretation

Author: Jonas Grethlein

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2009-08-17

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 3110214539

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The categories of classical narratology have been successfully applied to ancient texts in the last two decades, but in the meantime narratological theory has moved on. In accordance with these developments, Narratology and Interpretation draws out the subtler possibilities of narratological analysis for the interpretation of ancient texts. The contributions explore the heuristic fruitfulness of various narratological categories and show that, in combination with other approaches such as studies in deixis, performance studies and reader-response theory, narratology can help to elucidate the content of narrative form. Besides exploring new theoretical avenues and offering exemplary readings of ancient epic, lyric, tragedy and historiography, the volume also investigates ancient predecessors of narratology.

Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative
Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

Author: Alex C. Purves

Publisher:

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 9780511749995

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Traces a shift in authorial perspective in ancient Greek narrative inspired by advances in cartography, travel, and geometry.

From Listeners to Viewers
From Listeners to Viewers

Author: Christos Tsagalis

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780674067110

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Exploring the functions of space in the Iliad, Christos Tsagalis shows how active spatial representation in similes and descriptive passages influences characterization and narrative action. He also analyzes Homeric modes of visual memory, implicit knowledge, and mnemonic formats in order to better understand descriptive and ekphrastic passages

Myths on the Map
Myths on the Map

Author: Greta Hawes

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0198744773

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Polybius boldly declared that 'now that all places have become accessible by land or sea, it is no longer appropriate to use poets and writers of myth as witnesses of the unknown' (4.40.2). And yet, in reality, the significance of myth did not diminish as the borders of the known world expanded. Storytelling was always an inextricable part of how the ancient Greeks understood their environment; mythic maps existed alongside new, more concrete, methods of charting the contours of the earth. Specific landscape features acted as repositories of myth and spurred their retelling; myths, in turn, shaped and gave sense to natural and built environments, and were crucial to the conceptual resonances of places both unknown and known. This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars of Greek myth, literature, history, and archaeology to examine the myriad intricate ways in which ancient Greek myth interacted with the physical and conceptual landscapes of antiquity. The diverse range of approaches and topics highlights in particular the plurality and pervasiveness of such interactions. The collection as a whole sheds new light on the central importance of storytelling in Greek conceptions of space.