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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779011603321

Titolo

Homeric contexts [[electronic resource] ] : neoanalysis and the interpretation of oral poetry / / edited by Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos and Christos C. Tsagalis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter, 2012

ISBN

1-280-56975-1

9786613599353

3-11-027201-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (708 p.)

Collana

Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes, , 1868-4785 ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

MontanariFranco

RengakosAntonios

TsagalisChristos

Disciplina

883/.01

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism

Oral tradition - Greece

Civilization, Homeric

Memory in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theoretical issues -- pt. 2. Iliad -- pt. 3. Odyssey -- pt. 4. Language and formulas -- pt. 5. Homer and beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

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.