Fingierte Welten in der ägyptischen Literatur des 2. Jahrtausends v. Chr.

Grenzüberschreitung, Reisemotiv und Fiktionalität
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12125-6
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Deutsch, Band 19, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 657 g

Reihe: Probleme der Ägyptologie

Taking as a background two notorious travelogues from pharaonic Egypt, this book promises to stir the debate on ancient Egyptian literary fiction.
Following an analysis of traditional Egyptological criticism, the author outlines a theoretical framework in which works like Sinuhe or Wenamun can be considered as literary fictions. Travelling abroad and boundary transgression come out convincingly as the decisive criteria of Egyptian fictionality.
Context is being given in part two of the work, in which at the same time the boundary transgression theme is shown to be one of specific importance in the culture of ancient Egypt.
In his final chapter Gerald Moers acts as the reader’s guide through a fresh re-read of ancient Egyptian travel literature.
Fingierte Welten thus offers a historically expanded perspective on fictionality, and is of special interest not only to Egyptologists, but to all those interested in comparative literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moers, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gerald Moers, Ph.D. (1996) in Egyptology, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, is Research Fellow at the Göttingen Centre of Advanced Studies ‘Internationality of National Literatures’. He has published articles on Ancient Egyptian language and literature and recently edited Definitely: Egyptian Literature (Göttingen 1999).