Homeric Contexts - Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry

This volume aims at offering a critical reassessment of the progress made in Homeric research in recent years, focussing on its two main trends, Neonalysis and Oral Theory. Interpreting Homer in the 21st century asks for a holistic approach that allows us to reconsider some of our methodological tools and preconceptions concerning what we call Homeric poetry. The neoanalytical and oral 'booms', which have to a large extent influenced the way we see Homer today, may be re-evaluated if we are willing to endorse a more flexible approach to certain scholarly taboos pertaining to these two schools of interpretation. Song-traditions, formula, performance, multiformity on the one hand, and Motivforschung, Epic Cycle on the other, may not be so incompatible as we often tend to think.

A propos de l'auteur

Antonios Rengakos ist Professor für Ältere Griechische Philosophie an der Aristoteles Universität Thessaloniki, Griechenland.

Commentaire

"Per quanto sommaria e selettiva, questa esposizione può dare comunque un'idea della varietà e complessità degli argomenti trattati. [...] a tutti va comunque riconosciuto un ottimo livello qualitativo, il che non sempre accade in pubblicazioni di questa natura."
Francesco Bertolini in: Athenaeum 105.2 (2017), 836-837

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Christos C Tsagalis (Editeur), Franco Montanari (Editeur), Antonio Rengakos (Editeur), Antonios Rengakos (Editeur), Christos C. Tsagalis (Editeur)
• Edition: De Gruyter
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9783110271959
• ISBN: 978-3-11-027195-9
• Pages: 698
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 42 mm x 236 mm
• Poids: 1140 g
• Illustrations: 16 b/w ill.
• Thèmes: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes; Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes; ISSN
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature classiques