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The narrative voice in the Theogony of Hesiod / by Kathryn Stoddard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoddard, Kathryn, author.
- Series:
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum.
- Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hesiod. Theogony.
- Hesiod.
- Hesiod--Technique.
- Religious poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
- Religious poetry, Greek.
- Narration (Rhetoric)--History--To 1500.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Gods, Greek, in literature.
- Voice in literature.
- Rhetoric, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2004.
- Summary:
- This volume offers analysis of the narratological structure of the Theogony with the purpose of elucidating a major, unifying theme in this poem: the relationship between the divine and mortal realms. The techniques of narratology are herein employed to support the argument that Hesiod portrays the cosmos as sharply divided between gods and men. The Theogony should therefore be read as a didactic poem explaining primarily the position of man vis-à-vis the gods. The first half of this book discusses relevant scholarship and introduces the theme of relationship of gods to men in the Theogony . The second half of the book discusses how Hesiod employs Character-Text, Attributive Discourse, Embedded Focalization, Anachrony, and Commentary to achieve his didactic purposes.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- THE ‘AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL’ READING OF HESIOD
- THE IMPLIED AUTHOR OF THE THEOGONY
- THE MUSES AND THE MORTAL NARRATOR
- CHARACTER-TEXT, ATTRIBUTIVE DISCOURSE, AND EMBEDDED FOCALIZATION
- ANACHRONY IN THE THEOGONY
- COMMENTARY
- CONCLUSION
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX NOMINUM AC RERUM
- INDEX LOCORUM
- SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE by H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , D.M. Schenkeveld , P.H. Schrijvers and S.R. Slings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-474-1385-7
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047413851 DOI
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