Ruth Scodel
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780748680108
- eISBN:
- 9780748697007
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748680108.003.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
Although many studies have applied structuralist narratology to Greek literature, this volume, influenced by ‘new narratologies', seeks to define about Greek narrative practice is universal and what ...
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Although many studies have applied structuralist narratology to Greek literature, this volume, influenced by ‘new narratologies', seeks to define about Greek narrative practice is universal and what is characteristically Greek, and to locate particular Greek narratives and narrative practices within a specific history. A comparative approach, whether to epic, the epistolary novel, historiography, or special devices like the anonymous traveller, reveals both affinities and sharp differences from both the narratives of other ancient cultures and from modern parallels. The generic requirements of history and tragedy, performance occasions, and the high level of self-consciousness produced by the prestige of Homer, rhetorical practice, and the critical tradition all combined to make Greek narrative traditions, in all their diversity, distinctively Greek.Less
Although many studies have applied structuralist narratology to Greek literature, this volume, influenced by ‘new narratologies', seeks to define about Greek narrative practice is universal and what is characteristically Greek, and to locate particular Greek narratives and narrative practices within a specific history. A comparative approach, whether to epic, the epistolary novel, historiography, or special devices like the anonymous traveller, reveals both affinities and sharp differences from both the narratives of other ancient cultures and from modern parallels. The generic requirements of history and tragedy, performance occasions, and the high level of self-consciousness produced by the prestige of Homer, rhetorical practice, and the critical tradition all combined to make Greek narrative traditions, in all their diversity, distinctively Greek.
Douglas Cairns and Ruth Scodel
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780748680108
- eISBN:
- 9780748697007
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748680108.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
Narratologies, both ‘classical’ structuralist narratology and the ‘new narratologies’ of the past twenty years, have mostly been built around the novel. At the same time, the history of narrative ...
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Narratologies, both ‘classical’ structuralist narratology and the ‘new narratologies’ of the past twenty years, have mostly been built around the novel. At the same time, the history of narrative methods has become a recognized area of scholarly discussion. While this work is not confined to the history of the novel, the novel tends to be most prominent. Meanwhile, structuralist narratology has been adapted and applied to ancient literary texts. These studies tend to go directly from an individual text to universals, showing that a Greek author uses a technique found in modern literatures, or that the author's combination of techniques is unusual. They do not show how the methods of storytelling develop over time from one author or genre to another, or how Greek narrative is like and unlike other narrative traditions. This volume represents the beginnings of such a project. Several papers look particularly at ways in which early Greek narrative, particularly Homer, differs from earlier and contemporary Near Eastern narratives. Another group looks at typical features of Greek narrative (exemplarity, occasion, favoured structures). Another considers particular genres (historiography, lyric, tragedy). Others examine particular narrative devices through time or consider how Latin authors read and adapt Greek narrative. The volume as a whole shows how much remains to be explored once we study narrative historically; how much comparison can enhance our understanding of Greek; and how much the study of Greek narrative can contribute to narratology more broadly.Less
Narratologies, both ‘classical’ structuralist narratology and the ‘new narratologies’ of the past twenty years, have mostly been built around the novel. At the same time, the history of narrative methods has become a recognized area of scholarly discussion. While this work is not confined to the history of the novel, the novel tends to be most prominent. Meanwhile, structuralist narratology has been adapted and applied to ancient literary texts. These studies tend to go directly from an individual text to universals, showing that a Greek author uses a technique found in modern literatures, or that the author's combination of techniques is unusual. They do not show how the methods of storytelling develop over time from one author or genre to another, or how Greek narrative is like and unlike other narrative traditions. This volume represents the beginnings of such a project. Several papers look particularly at ways in which early Greek narrative, particularly Homer, differs from earlier and contemporary Near Eastern narratives. Another group looks at typical features of Greek narrative (exemplarity, occasion, favoured structures). Another considers particular genres (historiography, lyric, tragedy). Others examine particular narrative devices through time or consider how Latin authors read and adapt Greek narrative. The volume as a whole shows how much remains to be explored once we study narrative historically; how much comparison can enhance our understanding of Greek; and how much the study of Greek narrative can contribute to narratology more broadly.
Tan See Kam
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9789888208852
- eISBN:
- 9789888313518
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888208852.003.0002
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter analyses Peking Opera Blues through the lens of formalism and its structuralist narratology which produce cinematic codes that give the film its form, including Tsui’s auterist ...
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This chapter analyses Peking Opera Blues through the lens of formalism and its structuralist narratology which produce cinematic codes that give the film its form, including Tsui’s auterist signatures such as cluttered mise-en-scène and rapid editing style. It focuses on the film’s story, style, structure, tone, and imagery, deploying the methodologies of singular shot, shot-by-shot, and mise-en-scène analyses with respect to compositional and editing matter. Accordingly it develops analytical templates for close readings of film structure and narrative. This yields a descriptive detailing of film form, drawing attention to specific cinematic effects and affects by outlining in tabular form the“grammar” of filmmaking and consequently highlighting the formal logic of shot compositions and shot assemblages, the integration of imagery and sound, and various narrative and performative elements.Less
This chapter analyses Peking Opera Blues through the lens of formalism and its structuralist narratology which produce cinematic codes that give the film its form, including Tsui’s auterist signatures such as cluttered mise-en-scène and rapid editing style. It focuses on the film’s story, style, structure, tone, and imagery, deploying the methodologies of singular shot, shot-by-shot, and mise-en-scène analyses with respect to compositional and editing matter. Accordingly it develops analytical templates for close readings of film structure and narrative. This yields a descriptive detailing of film form, drawing attention to specific cinematic effects and affects by outlining in tabular form the“grammar” of filmmaking and consequently highlighting the formal logic of shot compositions and shot assemblages, the integration of imagery and sound, and various narrative and performative elements.
