Herodotean Narrative and Discourse

1984 Fiction

Author : Mabel L. Lang
Release : 1984
Genre : Fiction
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Download or read book Herodotean Narrative and Discourse written by Mabel L. Lang. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mabel Lang offers a new interpretation of Herodotus. Her reading of the "Father of History" pinpoints the aspects of his style that clearly derive from oral composition. Lang examines oral techniques in storytelling, known from folktales and other oral literature as well as from Homer. She shows how the dramatic use of speeches--so characteristic of folk literature--played an important part in Herodotus' development of history out of the chronologies and geographies that he knew. Story form and speeches attributed to historical persons, she demonstrates, follow traditional formulas. She also studies in detail Herodotus' distinctive use of proverbs and rhetorical questions. Throughout, Lang draws on a variety of materials and offers particularly revealing comparisons of Homeric and Herodotean styles. This analysis of the evidence for oral composition in Herodotus' Histories opens a new perspective for students and scholars of Greek history.

Telling Wonders

2001 History

Author : Rosaria Vignolo Munson
Release : 2001
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 036/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Telling Wonders written by Rosaria Vignolo Munson. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sharp analysis of how Herodotus' narrative participates in the rhetoric of shaping public attitudes about the present

Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings

2020-04-14 Literary Criticism

Author : Eva Tyrell
Release : 2020-04-14
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Strategies of Persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings written by Eva Tyrell. This book was released on 2020-04-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategies of Persuasion is the first comparative study of narrative means of persuasion in Herodotus’ Histories and Genesis–Kings in the Hebrew Bible. Eva Tyrell perceives rhetorical techniques of persuasion as a window into ancient historical thought.

The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric

2014-10-30 Literary Criticism

Author : Vasiliki Zali
Release : 2014-10-30
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric written by Vasiliki Zali. This book was released on 2014-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Shape of Herodotean Rhetoric, Vasiliki Zali offers a fresh assessment of Herodotus’ rhetorical awareness. Redressing the usual view that considers Thucydides as a significant jump from earlier authors in the rhetorical tradition, Zali attempts to find a place for Herodotus. The volume explores the direct and indirect speeches in Herodotus’ fifth to ninth books, focusing in particular on the ways in which they highlight two major narrative themes: the fragility of Greek unity and the problematic Greco-Persian polarity. Through discussion of case studies and Herodotus’ literary background, Zali brings Herodotus’ sophisticated rhetorical system to life, examines the ways in which this system affects Herodotus’ authority, and demonstrates that Herodotus occupies a crucial place in the development of rhetoric.

Thucydides and Herodotus

2012-05-03 History

Author : Edith Foster
Release : 2012-05-03
Genre : History
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Download or read book Thucydides and Herodotus written by Edith Foster. This book was released on 2012-05-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thucydides and Herodotus is an edited collection which looks at two of the most important ancient Greek historians living in the 5th Century BCE. It examines the relevant relationship between them which is considered, especially nowadays, by historians and philologists to be more significant than previously realized.

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