Homeric Megathemes - War-Homilia-Homecoming

Informationen zum Autor D. N. Maronitis is emeritus professor of philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Klappentext In this book, war, intercourse, and homecoming are put forward as central themes in the two Homeric epics. All three themes have their own semiotics and operate in different ways in the Illiad and the Odyssey thereby determing their myth and plot, their narrative syntax and, more generally their poetic and humanistic character. Zusammenfassung In this book! war! intercourse! and homecoming are put forward as central themes in the two Homeric epics. All three themes have their own semiotics and operate in different ways in the Illiad and the Odyssey thereby determing their myth and plot! their narrative syntax and! more generally their poetic and humanistic character. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Iliadic War Chapter 2 The Space of Homilia and Its Signs in the Iliad and theOdyssey Chapter 3 The Theme of Conjugal Homilia in the Odyssey Chapter 4 The Theme of Homecoming in the Iliad: Signification-Varioations-Function Chapter 5 The Heroic Myth and Its Lyrical Reconstruction Chapter 6 Conjugal Homilia: From the Iliad to Sophocles' Ajax Chapter 7 Bard-Narrator-Poet: Internal Poetics in the Odyssey Chapter 8 Problems of the Homeric Helen Chapter 9 Latent References to the Iliad in the Odyssey Chapter 10 Odysseus' First False Account in the Odyssey: Model and Variations

Produktdetails

• Autoren: D. N. Maronitis
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.08.2004
• EAN: 9780739108833
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0883-3
• Seiten: 200
• Serie: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, DRAMA / Ancient & Classical, Literature & literary studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Plays, Playscripts, Classic & pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: ancient & classical