Narratology and Interpretation: The Content of Narrative Form in Ancient Literature

Narratology and Interpretation: The Content of Narrative Form in Ancient Literature......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
I. Ancient Predecessors of Narratology......Page 22
Stephen Halliwell: The Theory and Practice of Narrative in Plato......Page 24
Richard Hunter: The Trojan Oration of Dio Chrysostom and Ancient Homeric Criticism......Page 52
René Nünlist: Narratological Concepts in Greek Scholia......Page 72
1. Order......Page 74
2. Time......Page 78
3. Voice......Page 82
4. Focalisation......Page 88
5. Envoy......Page 90
II. Narratology – New Concepts......Page 94
1. Introduction. Why narratological terminology?......Page 96
2. Metalepsis......Page 97
3. Metalepsis in Greek Literature 1: apostrophe in narrative texts......Page 102
4. Metalepsis in early Greek literature 2: characters announce the text in the text......Page 107
5. Metalepsis in Greek literature 3: blending of narrative voices......Page 108
6. Metalepsis in Greek literature 4: fade-out......Page 115
7. Metalepsis in Greek literature 5: varia......Page 123
8. Conclusion......Page 124
Egbert J. Bakker: Homer, Odysseus, and the Narratology of Performance......Page 126
1. Narrative Syntax and Historical Situatedness......Page 128
2. Projected Indexicality in Performance......Page 131
3. Mimesis and Direct Speech......Page 134
4. Homeric Enargeia and the Audience......Page 136
5. Epos and Aoide in the Odyssey......Page 137
Deborah Beck: Speech Act Types, Conversational Exchange, and the Speech Representational Spectrum in Homer......Page 146
1. Narratological approaches to speech representation......Page 147
2. Linguistics and speech representation......Page 150
3. Norms of speech representation within character-speech......Page 157
4. Conclusions and future directions......Page 159
Jonas Grethlein: Philosophical and Structuralist Narratologies – Worlds Apart?......Page 162
1. The reconfiguration of time in narrative: Ricoeur and Genette......Page 163
2. The reconfiguration of time in Herodotus and Thucydides......Page 168
a) Herodotus......Page 169
b) Thucydides......Page 173
3. Time and the anthropology of narrative......Page 180
III. Narratology and the Interpretation of Epic and Lyric Poetry......Page 184
Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos: Chance or Design? Language and Plot Management in the Odyssey. Klytaimnestra ἄλοχος μνηστὴ έμήσατο......Page 186
1. Agamemnon-tale in Odyssey 1......Page 190
1.1. ἀμύμων Αἴγισθος......Page 192
1.2. ἄλοχος μνηστή......Page 196
2. Agamemnon-tale in Odyssey 3 – 24......Page 205
3. Conclusions......Page 219
1. Etymology and Narratology......Page 222
2. Arete-ἀράομαι......Page 224
3. Arete-ἄ(ρ)ρητος......Page 231
4. Gender and Generic Tension in Scherie......Page 237
5. Conclusion......Page 248
1. Frequency and Deixis......Page 250
2. Pindar’s First Pythian......Page 252
2.1. Divine performance: the diachronic axis......Page 255
2.2. The human performance: the diachronic axis......Page 258
2.3. Turning the symposium inside out......Page 268
3. Sympotic performances: The diachronic axis......Page 275
4. εὔφωνοι θαλίαι and φόρμιγγες ὑπωρόφιαι: Posthumous prospects......Page 280
Georg Danek: Apollonius Rhodius as an (anti-)Homeric Narrator: Time and Space in the Argonautica......Page 284
Evina Sistakou: ‘Snapshots’ of Myth: The Notion of Time in Hellenistic Epyllion......Page 302
1. The recollections of an old woman (Callimachus’ Hecale)......Page 307
2. The feat of an infant prodigy (Theocritus’ Little Heracles)......Page 315
3. The sexual encounter of a young virgin (Moschus’ Europa)......Page 321
4. As an epilogue......Page 327
1. The games: time present, past and future......Page 330
2. These gloves are made for watching......Page 334
3. Better to shoot the bull......Page 341
IV. Narratology and the Interpretation of Tragedy......Page 344
1. Is there a narratology of drama?......Page 346
Gould (and others) on Greek tragedy......Page 347
Chatman and Richardson on film and drama......Page 349
Internal playwrights in Greek tragedy......Page 351
Internal spectators in Greek tragedy......Page 355
Directing the action......Page 356
A new direction......Page 359
The marginalized spectators......Page 361
3. Conclusion......Page 364
Marianne Hopman: Layered Stories in Aeschylus’ Persians......Page 366
1. War Story and Pothos Story......Page 367
2. Elders and King......Page 373
3. Persian Chorus and Athenian Audience......Page 378
1. Introduction......Page 386
2. Narrative Technique and Interpretation......Page 390
Conclusion......Page 406
1. Introduction......Page 408
2. Future reflexive......Page 412
3. ‘Double and inter-authorial’ future reflexive......Page 414
4. The burial of the dead at Thebes and Greek historical memory......Page 417
5. The narrative use of future reflexive......Page 423
6. Conclusions......Page 427
Ruth Scodel: Ignorant Narrators in Greek Tragedy......Page 430
1. Simple Limitations......Page 431
2. Severe Limitations: Rhesus and Ajax......Page 434
3. Evasive Narratives: Prometheus Vinctus and Oedipus......Page 438
V. Narratology and the Interpretation of Historiography......Page 458
Christos C. Tsagalis: Names and Narrative Techniques in Xenophon’s Anabasis......Page 460
1. Proper Names and Toponymics......Page 463
1.1 Narrative Emphasis......Page 464
1.2 Absence of Toponymics......Page 466
1.3 Dramatic Effect......Page 467
1.4 Narrative Dislocation......Page 469
1.5 Names as Cross-References......Page 470
2. Article and Proper Name......Page 473
3. Anonymity vs Eponymity......Page 474
4. Patronymics......Page 480
5. Periphrastic Denomination (ἀντονομασία)......Page 482
6. Floating Kindreds: τις and εῖς......Page 484
7. Mythical Names and Intertextuality......Page 486
8. Conclusion......Page 488
Nikos Miltsios: The Perils of Expectations: Perceptions, Suspense and Surprise in Polybius’ Histories......Page 490
1. Achaeus and Bolis......Page 494
2. Illusory expectations......Page 501
3. The third book......Page 507
4. Empathy......Page 513
1. One-man literature and one-man rule......Page 516
2. Velleius......Page 519
3. Plutarch (i)......Page 521
4. Cassius Dio......Page 524
5. Appian......Page 528
6. Plutarch (ii)......Page 531
1. Prologue......Page 536
2. Theory......Page 537
3. Perspicuity......Page 540
4. Imitation......Page 544
5. Persuasion......Page 553
6. Epilogue......Page 560
Philip Hardie: Fame’s Narratives. Epic and Historiography......Page 564
1. Point of view, focalization. Fama and facta.......Page 567
2. Narratives about fama......Page 573
List of Contributors......Page 582
Bibliography......Page 586
General Index......Page 626
Passages Index......Page 632