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.

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).

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 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.

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, Place, and Landscape in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture
Space, Place, and Landscape in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture

Author: Kate Gilhuly

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-09-22

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1107042127

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This book brings together a collection of original essays that engage with cultural geography and landscape studies to produce new ways of understanding place, space, and landscape in Greek literature from the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. The authors draw on an eclectic collection of contemporary approaches to bring the study of ancient Greek literature into dialogue with the burgeoning discussion of spatial theory in the humanities. The essays in this volume treat a variety of textual spaces, from the intimate to the expansive: the bedroom, ritual space, the law courts, theatrical space, the poetics of the city, and the landscape of war. And yet, all of the contributions are united by an interest in recuperating some of the many ways in which the ancient Greeks in the archaic and classical periods invested places with meaning and in how the representation of place links texts to social practices.

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

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: 441

ISBN-13: 3110538113

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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.