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Zusatztext Aimed primarily at academics specialising in this field, anyone interested in the writings of Ancient Egyptians will discover something of interest in this volume. ... One highlight is Verena Lepper's paper on the analysis of genre using lexiostatistical tools. Informationen zum Autor Dr Roland Enmarch read Egyptology with Akkadian at University College, Oxford, before obtaining his D.Phil in Ancient Egyptian Literature at Worcester College, Oxford in 2004. Having been a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Liverpool, he is now a Lecturer in Egyptology there working on questions of genre and intertextuality in Egyptian written culture. His previous books include A World Upturned: Commentary on and Analysis of the Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All (2008). Dr. Enmarch also serves as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Dr. Verena Lepper studied Egyptology, Semitic Philology and Christian Oriental Studies at Bonn, Cologne, Tübingen, Oxford (Christ Church) and Harvard University. She received her doctorate on Ancient Egyptian Literature from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in 2005. Her postdoctoral fellowships (funded by the German National Science Foundation) she spent at Bonn, Oxford and Harvard University. She was a member of the German Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina from 2006 to 2011. Since 2008 she has been curator and collection keeper at the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, National Museums Berlin. In addition she teaches at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focus is Ancient Egyptian Literature and Language as well as the history of Egyptology. She has published four books on these topics. Klappentext The literature of ancient Egypt is less well known than its art and architecture but merits study as one of the earliest literary traditions. This book reviews the current range of interpretative approaches and highlights the vitality of the field, covering the period c. 2000 BC to the Roman period. Zusammenfassung The literature of ancient Egypt is less well known than its art and architecture but merits study as one of the earliest literary traditions. This book reviews the current range of interpretative approaches and highlights the vitality of the field, covering the period c. 2000 BC to the Roman period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Verena Lepper and Roland Enmarch: 1. Introduction: Ancient Egyptian Literaure, Theory and Practice 2: John Barton: Intentio operis: Reading Anonymous Texts 3: Thomas A Schmitz: Reading Greek Literature 4: Eleanor Robson: Lone Heroes or Collaborative Communities? On Sumerian Literature and its Practitioners 5: Günter Burkard: Amunnacht- Scribe and Poet of Dier el Medina: A Study of Ostrakon O Berlin P 14262 6: Roland Enmarch: Mortuary and Literary Laments: A Comparison 7: Christopher Eyre: The Practice of Literature: The Relationship between Content, Form, Audience nd Performance 8: Hans-W, Fischer-Elfert: Papyrus Queen's College Recto: A Narrative in Abnormal Hieratic 9: Elizabeth Frood: Sensual Devotions: Themes of Sensuous Experience, Performance and Presence in Third Intermediate Period Biography 10: Fredrik Hagen: Constructing Textual Identity: Framing and Self-Reference in Egyptian Texts 11: Verena Lepper: Ancient Egyptian Literature: Genre and Style 12: Ludwig D Morenz: Egyptian Life, by and with Literary Texts 13: John Tait: The Reception of Democratic Narrative 14: Martin Worthington: Literature in Dialogue: A Comparative Approach to Akkadian and Middle Kingdom Egyptian Literatures ...
