Narrators and Focalizers
The Presentation of the Story in the Iliad
Narrators and Focalizers
The Presentation of the Story in the Iliad
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Irene de Jong's Narrators and Focalizers was acclaimed as one of the pioneering texts to introduce narratology (the theory that deals with the general principles underlying narrative texts) to classical scholarship. The book explains key concepts such as 'narrator', 'narratee', 'focalization', 'analepsis' and 'prolepsis', highlighting their relevance by using them for the analysis and interpretation of Homer's Iliad. What is the role of the narrator, how does the subjectivity of the characters find expression, and how do the parts of the story told by the narrator relate to the many speeches for which Homer is famous?
This new edition of this important work includes a substantial new Introduction by the author, offering an overview of the trends in Homeric narratological scholarship over the last decade, along with a much more user-friendly Index of Passages.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the first edition
Introduction to the second edition, 2004
Glossary
1. The presentation of the story in the Iliad: the state of the art
2. A narratological model of analysis
3. Simple narrator-text
4. Complex narrator-text (embedded focalization)
5. Character-text (speeches)
6. The relation of narrator-text (simple and complex) and character-text
7. Conclusion. Narrators and focalizers
Appendices I-V
Notes
Bibliography
Index of subjects
Index of passages
Product details
| Published | 30 Jan 2004 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Extent | 346 |
| ISBN | 9781853996580 |
| Imprint | Bristol Classical Press |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | BCPaperbacks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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