Orality and literacy in the Demotic tales / by Jacqueline E. Jay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jay, Jacqueline E., author.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 81.

Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; Volume 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egyptian language--Papyri, Demotic.

Egyptian language.

Egyptian language--Demotic, ca. 650 B.C.-450 A.D.

Tales--Egypt.

Tales.

Oral tradition--Egypt.

Oral tradition.

Egyptian literature--History and criticism.

Egyptian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 pages).

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Orality and Literacy in the Demotic Tales , Jacqueline E. Jay extrapolates from the surviving ancient Egyptian written record hints of the oral tradition that must have run alongside it. The monograph’s main focus is the intersection of orality and literacy in the extremely rich corpus of Demotic narrative literature surviving from the Greco-Roman Period. The many texts discussed include the tales of the Inaros and Setna Cycles, the Myth of the Sun’s Eye , and the Dream of Nectanebo . Jacqueline Jay examines these Demotic tales not only in conjunction with earlier Egyptian literature, but also with the worldwide tradition of orally composed and performed discourse.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 Orality, Literacy, and the Development of Egyptian Narrative Literature

2 Going Deeper: The Evidence for Orality

3 The Inaros Cycle and the Egyptian “Homeric Question”

4 Other Demotic Narratives

5 Egyptian Literature and the Greek Novel

Conclusion

Index of Passages

General Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-32307-4

OCLC:

949923002

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004323070 DOI