03164nam 22006731 450 991045339450332120200520144314.03-11-033029-610.1515/9783110330298(CKB)2550000001157419(EBL)1174145(OCoLC)862746435(SSID)ssj0001041484(PQKBManifestationID)11595384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041484(PQKBWorkID)11044517(PQKB)11492958(MiAaPQ)EBC1174145(DE-B1597)212707(OCoLC)862324955(OCoLC)868919924(DE-B1597)9783110330298(PPN)202090590(Au-PeEL)EBL1174145(CaPaEBR)ebr10812376(CaONFJC)MIL540465(EXLCZ)99255000000115741920131216h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe shaping of narrative in Polybius /Nikos MiltsiosBerlin :De Gruyter,[2013]©20131 online resource (184 p.)Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ;volume 23Description based on print version record.3-11-033001-6 1-306-09214-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Well begun is half done -- 2. The narrative of the prokataskeue -- 3. Temporal strategies -- 4. Focalization and interpretation -- 5. The Polybian narrator -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum -- General IndexThe narrative artistry of Polybius has received relatively little scholarly attention. Critics have tended to discuss his reflections on the various issues presented in his work or to use him as a source of valuable information about the historical period that he records. This volume, which draws on narratology’s analytical tools, focuses instead on the narrative of the Histories, exploring the sophisticated narrative techniques that have gone into shaping it. In doing so, it pays particular attention to the ways the formal aspects of the text contribute to promoting Polybius’ thematic concerns. Its aim is not only to present the Histories as the work of an author who has taken pains to provide us with a carefully structured story, but also to illustrate how interpretations of this story can be enriched by a sensitivity to factors such as chronological displacements and variations of focalization. Trends in classics.Supplementary volumes ;v. 23.HistoriansRomeRomeHistoriographyElectronic books.Historians937FH 47303rvkMiltsios Nikos1980-1045637MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453394503321The shaping of narrative in Polybius2472079UNINA