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A Narratological Commentary on the Odyssey

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  • Date Published: November 2001
  • availability: Available
  • format: Hardback
  • isbn: 9780521464789

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  • Whereas traditional commentaries tend to be comprehensive and micro-textual, this narratological commentary, first published in 2001, focuses on one aspect of the Odyssey, its narrativity, and pays lavish attention to the meso- and macro-levels. Drawing on the concepts of modern narratology as well as the insights of Homeric scholarship, it discusses the role of narrator and narratees, methods of characterization and description, plot-development, focalization, and the narrative exploitation of type-scenes. Full attention is also given to the structure, characterizing function, and relation to the narrative context of the abundantly present speeches. Finally, the numerous themes and motifs, which so subtly contribute to the unity of this long text, are traced and evaluated. Although Homer's brilliant narrative art has always been admired, this commentary aims to lay bare the techniques responsible for this brilliance. All Greek is translated and all technical terms explained in a glossary.

    • A new kind of commentary on the Odyssey offering a greatly enhanced understanding and appreciation of Homer's narrative art
    • Demonstrates the fruitful and exciting application of new literary methodologies to ancient texts
    • Suitable for students studying the text either in the original Greek or in translation
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    '… the book is a stimulating and thought-provoking addition to the previous commentaries on the Odyssey.' Scholia

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    Product details

    • Date Published: November 2001
    • format: Hardback
    • isbn: 9780521464789
    • length: 648 pages
    • dimensions: 249 x 180 x 36 mm
    • weight: 1.22kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Glossary
    Commentary
    Appendices.

  • Author

    Irene J. F. de Jong, Universiteit van Amsterdam
    Irene de Jong is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. Her publications include Narrators and Focalizers: The Presentation of the Story in the Iliad (1987) and Narrative in Drama: The Art of the Euripidean Messenger-Speech (1991).

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