Ancient Greek Texts and Modern Narrative Theory

Towards a Critical Dialogue
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-33957-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 207 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 314 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grethlein, Jonas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Grethlein, Jonas
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).