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Space in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative

By Irene J. F. De Jong

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Pub
Year
2012
ISBN
900422257X, 9789004222571
ISSN
0169-8958
Google Books ID
1XdQxcYYYuoC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2893191 bytes)
Series
Mnemosyne Supplements 339
Pages
XIV+610\625
Topic
Literature
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2013-03-23 22:06:33

Description

This is the third volume in the series Studies in Ancient Greek narrative. It deals with the narratological category of space: how is space, including objects which function as 'props', presented in Greek narrative texts and what are its functions (thematic, symbolic, psychologising, or characterising? How are longer descriptions organised and integrated into the story? Long deemed a mere ancilla narrationis, especially in narratives which precede the age of the realist novel, space turns out to play an important and multifaceted role in Greek literature.

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