Submerged literature in ancient Greek culture : case studies / edited by Giulio Colesanti and Laura Lulli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Colesanti, Giulio, 1969- editor.

Lulli, Laura, editor.

Series:

Submerged Literature in Ancient Greek Culture ; [Volume 1]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the submerged literature of ancient Greece; that is, all the texts produced for socially relevant events that have contributed to the configuration and articulation of ancient Greek culture as we know it. In particular, the hermeneutic tool of submerged literature may shed new light on the dynamics behind the 'emersion' or 'submersion' of certain texts during different periods. The category of submerged literature is extended here to include preserved and lost texts as well as those texts that can be reconstructed through investigation. The volume investigates the manifold speech acts that we know of through various sources and that, either from the outset or over the course of time, have been placed at the edge of diffusion, conservation and transmission. The essays contained in the volume deal with questions of hermeneutics, philology and methodology, as well as with epic cycles, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, satyr drama, and mime. By approaching these genres from the perspective of submerged literature, the book tries to provide a more precise contextualization of the texts within the communication system of ancient Greece. The book thus presents a new line of research and a series of studies that take a fresh look at the texts and all archaeological and iconographic sources relating to Greek culture, taking into account the results of ethnographic and anthropological research. This extensive investigation examines unique ancient Greek orality and literacy dynamics using a new hermeneutic frame that will hopefully reshape our understanding of ancient Greek culture.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introductory Notes / Colesanti, Giulio / Giordano, Manuela

Defining the Indefinable: Greek Submerged Literature and Some Problems of Terminology / Ercolani, Andrea

Submerged Literature in an Oral Culture / Palmisciano, Riccardo

The Canon and Its Boundaries / Nicolai, Roberto

Beyond the Canon: Hellenistic Scholars and Their Texts / Broggiato, Maria

The Trojan War Myth: Rhapsodic Canon and Lyric Alternatives / Sbardella, Livio

Local Epics and Epic Cycles: the Anomalous Case of a Submerged Genre / Lulli, Laura

Two Cases of Submerged Monodic Lyric: Sympotic Poetry and Lullabies / Colesanti, Giulio

Dramatic Actions from Archaic Iconographic Sources: the Domain of the Satyrikon / Palmisciano, Riccardo

Comedy outside the Canon: from Ritual Slapstick to Hellenistic Mime / Sonnino, Maurizio

Out of Athens. Ritual Performances, Spaces, and the Emergence of Tragedy / Giordano, Manuela

By Way of Conclusion / Broggiato, Maria / Colesanti, Giulio / Ercolani, Andrea / Giordano, Manuela / Lulli, Laura / Napolitano, Michele / Nicolai, Roberto / Palmisciano, Riccardo / Sbardella, Livio / Sonnino, Maurizio

Reference List

Index Nominum

Index Rerum Notabilium

Index Locorum

Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed March 12, 2024).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110390209

3110390205

9783110334081

3110334089

OCLC:

890070985