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Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory: Towards a Critical Dialogue

By Jonas Grethlein

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9781009339599, 9781009339605, 1009339591
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3490772 bytes)
Pages
224\210
Time added
2023-10-25 04:50:29

Description

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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